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Jobs & commute in Nashport

Most of Nashport commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident

Employers in Nashport report 58 jobs for 182 working residents. Hardly any stay in Nashport for work; outside it, Zanesville is the main destination (15%, 12 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; Ohio has 13%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Nashport

On a workday 182 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.

182live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
58work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night210
Workday82
210live here− 180head out to work+ 58come in to work= 82on a workday

About 82 people are in Nashport on a workday afternoon, 60% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.32jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

The towns that employ Nashport’s residents

Frazeysburg: 3 residents work here (2%)Dresden: 5 residents work here (3%)CambridgeCoshocton: 3 residents work here (2%)Heath: 5 residents work here (3%)Zanesville: 28 residents work here (15%)Lancaster: 5 residents work here (3%)Newark: 19 residents work here (10%)Columbus: 10 residents work here (5%)Falls Township: 5 residents work here (3%)Muskingum TownshipHopewell TownshipLicking TownshipJackson Township: 11 residents work here (6%)NashportZanesvilleNewarkJackson TownshipColumbusDresdenHeathNashport
1
Zanesville11.5 mi away
15%28
2
Newark13.6 mi away
10%19
3
Jackson Township3.6 mi away
6%11
4
Columbus43.7 mi away
5%10
5
Dresden8.8 mi away
3%5
6
Heath15 mi away
3%5
7
Lancaster33.4 mi away
3%5
8
Falls Township7.9 mi away
3%5
9
Frazeysburg4.1 mi away
2%3
10
Coshocton21.3 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%88
The top trips

Where Nashport clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

A place that makes things: 72% of Nashport’s jobs are in goods

Jobs based in NashportJobs Nashport residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms72%24%
Trade, transport & utilities9%23%
Services: health, schools, offices19%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less21%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%32%
Over $3,333 a month52%57%

Who does it

29 or younger24%26%
30 to 5443%49%
55 and older33%25%
−33%

Jobs based in Nashport, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 58. 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 Nashport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The trip to work from Nashport: about 33 minutes

A year of commuting
249 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Nashport33 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Nashport workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Nashport gets to work
96%Drive alone
4%Carpool

Share of the 142 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

Nashport’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 miZanesville: 15% · 11.5 miNewark: 10% · 13.6 miJackson Township: 6% · 3.6 miColumbus: 5% · 43.7 miDresden: 3% · 8.8 miHeath: 3% · 15 miLancaster: 3% · 33.4 miFalls Township: 3% · 7.9 miFrazeysburg: 2% · 4.1 miCoshocton: 2% · 21.3 miZanesville 15%Newark 10%Jackson Township 6%Columbus 5%Dresden 3%Nashport
NashportTop destinations (size = commuters)
21%Under 10 mi38 residents
39%10–24 mi71 residents
24%25–50 mi43 residents
16%Over 50 mi29 residents

About 16% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Nashport: questions

What is the poverty rate in Nashport?

8.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Nashport?

33 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Nashport work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Zanesville (15%, 12 mi), Newark (10%, 14 mi), Jackson Township (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Nashport 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 Nashport, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Nashport

Nashport home →

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.