About half of Kilbourne’s working residents commute to Columbus
For 60% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Ohio. Hardly any work in Kilbourne; the top destination outside it is Columbus (49%, 24 miles). 15 jobs are based in Kilbourne for 53 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Kilbourne quiets down on a workday
On a workday 53 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5 people are in Kilbourne on a workday afternoon, 88% fewer than live here.
0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Kilbourne’s residents
Where Kilbourne clocks in
49% of workers
6% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Factories, building and farms: 33% of the jobs in Kilbourne
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kilbourne, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 15. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kilbourne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Kilbourne
of Kilbourne workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10 commuters (the 60% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Kilbourne
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Kilbourne: questions
What is the poverty rate in Kilbourne?
0.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Kilbourne work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Kilbourne without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kilbourne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kilbourne
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.