Nellie at work: jobs, income and the commute
A typical one-way commute lasts 55 minutes (Ohio 23, U.S. 26). Hardly any stay in Nellie for work; outside it, Columbus is the main destination (15%, 54 miles). Home is the office for 20% of workers (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Nellie for work, and who comes in
On a workday 33 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Nellie on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.64 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.
Where Nellie goes to work
Where Nellie clocks in
15% of workers
12% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
21 jobs are based in Nellie.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nellie, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 21. 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 Nellie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Nellie takes about 55 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 17.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nellie workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 67 commuters (the 20% 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 many miles Nellie commutes
About 21% 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 Nellie: questions
What is the median household income in Nellie?
$29,688 (±$20,180) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nellie?
50.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nellie?
55 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nellie work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (15%, 54 mi), Coshocton (12%, 13 mi), Zanesville (9%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Nellie without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nellie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nellie
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.