Work & commute · Ada

Work & commute in Ada, OH

About one in 5 of Ada’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lima (9%), Columbus (6%) and Kenton (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

365 of 1,782 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,417 Ada residents head out of town to work, 365 work right here, and 1,228 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ada.

1,417live here, work elsewhere

365live and work here

1,228work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ada goes to work

Ada (in town)right here

20%365

Lima15.1 mi away

9%156

Columbus69.8 mi away

6%101

Kenton14 mi away

3%55

Bluffton9.2 mi away

3%50

American18.4 mi away

2%40

Bath11.4 mi away

2%38

Liberty0.5 mi away

2%36

Findlay21.6 mi away

2%28

Shawnee18.8 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%886

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ada commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

29%

27%

11%

33%

29%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ada is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ada are

1,593 jobs are based in Ada. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ada’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ada

1,593 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Ada residents hold

1,782 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−2%

Jobs based in Ada, 2013 → 2023: 1,622 → 1,593. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.