Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs and the daily commute in Shawnee Hills
Home is the office for 26% of workers, against 13% across Ohio. Only 2% work in Shawnee Hills itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (39%, 14 miles). Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average; Ohio averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Shawnee Hills and work: the main findings
Shawnee Hills and Columbus trade workers both ways
Columbus is the top workplace for Shawnee Hills residents (39%) and also where the most people who work in Shawnee Hills come from (32% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Shawnee Hills
26% of Shawnee Hills workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 391 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Shawnee Hills: the destinations
Where Shawnee Hills clocks in
39% of workers
15% of workers
4% 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.
Shawnee Hills’ commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shawnee Hills workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 366 commuters (the 26% 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.
Shawnee Hills by day and by night
On a workday 385 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 239 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Shawnee Hills on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.63 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 2024, primary jobs.
What Shawnee Hills’ employers do
245 jobs are based in Shawnee Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shawnee Hills, 2014 → 2024: 45 → 245. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shawnee Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Shawnee Hills works
About 15% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Bordering towns draw 15% of Shawnee Hills’ workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shawnee Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Hills | – | — | — | 27 min | $143,750 |
| Concord Township | under 2% | A | D | 32 min | $153,941 |
| Dublin | 15% | A+ | B | 23 min | $160,296 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Dublin. Darker towns draw more of Shawnee Hills’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Shawnee Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Shawnee Hills?
$143,750 (±$33,129) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shawnee Hills?
4.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shawnee Hills?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shawnee Hills work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (39%, 14 mi), Dublin (15%, 3 mi), Westerville (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Shawnee Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shawnee Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shawnee Hills
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.