Jobs and earnings in Little Hocking, and the trip to work
Little Hocking has 129 jobs, and 112 of its residents work somewhere. 21% of workers work from home (Ohio 13%). Only 2% work in Little Hocking; the top destination outside it is Parkersburg (24%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Little Hocking on a workday
On a workday 110 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Little Hocking on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).
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 Little Hocking’s residents
Where Little Hocking clocks in
24% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Little Hocking
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Little Hocking, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 129. 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 Little Hocking’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Little Hocking
of Little Hocking workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 45 commuters (the 21% 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.
Miles to work from Little Hocking
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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 Little Hocking: questions
What is the poverty rate in Little Hocking?
28.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Little Hocking work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parkersburg (24%, 8 mi), Belpre (10%, 6 mi), Marietta (9%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Little Hocking 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 Little Hocking, from the people who make the trip.
More of Little Hocking
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.