Labor Force

Developers can prepare land and build a building. Municipalities can dig a well and treat their water. But you can’t control where your workforce lives in proximity to your facility. Licking County is strategically located within 45 minutes of a population of almost two million.

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Etna Township Area Labor Shed

Population Within 15 minutes: 164,448
Employed Population: 78,619

Population Within 30 minutes: 988,500
Employed Population: 445,028

Population Within 45 minutes: 1,905,971
Employed Population: 880,066

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Central Licking County Labor Shed

Population Within 15 minutes: 83,611
Employed Population: 35,025

Population Within 30 minutes: 433,432
Employed Population: 197,666

Population Within 45 minutes: 1,667,679
Employed Population: 760,423

New Albany/Johnstown Labor Shed

Population Within 15 minutes: 130,252
Employed Population: 66,887

Population Within 30 minutes: 961,041
Employed Population: 451,187

Population Within 45 minutes: 1,889,239
Employed Population: 880,273

Source: EMSI, 2019; US Census Population Estimates, 2019.

Source: EMSI, 2019; US Census Population Estimates, 2019.

Work-Home Commute Density

The Licking and surrounding 8-county labor shed represents the following:

  • Total population of 2,081,640.

  • Resident worker pool of 1,076,316

    • 57,223 laborers and material movers

    • 53,010 production workers

    • 38,328 computer and math workers

    • 16,027 engineering workers