Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Rushsylvania works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Rushsylvania; the top destination outside it is Bellefontaine (14%, 8 miles). 39 jobs are based in Rushsylvania for 212 working residents. 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Rushsylvania in brief
Rushsylvania is a place people come home to
There are 39 jobs based in Rushsylvania, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rushsylvania has about 320 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Rushsylvania workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 212 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Rushsylvania by day
On a workday 212 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Rushsylvania on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Rushsylvania: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rushsylvania workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 235 commuters (the 3% 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.
Commuting out of Rushsylvania: the destinations
Where Rushsylvania clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
Goods jobs make up 74% of work in Rushsylvania
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rushsylvania, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 39. 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 Rushsylvania’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Rushsylvania works
About 18% 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 Rushsylvania: questions
What is the median household income in Rushsylvania?
$76,607 (±$26,767) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rushsylvania?
6.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rushsylvania?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rushsylvania work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bellefontaine (14%, 8 mi), Rushcreek Township (7%, 0 mi), Columbus (6%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rushsylvania without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rushsylvania, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rushsylvania
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.