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Work & commute in Arcanum, OH

Most working residents leave Arcanum for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (12%), Dayton (9%) and Troy (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
49 of 1,105 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,056 Arcanum residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 276 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arcanum.

1,056live here, work elsewhere
49live and work here
276work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Arcanum goes to work

RichmondPitsburgNew MadisonArcanumGreenvilleEatonVandaliaTroyDaytonColumbusTwinMonroeVan BurenFranklinGreenvilleGreenvilleDaytonTroyVandaliaColumbusRichmondEatonGreenvilleMonroeArcanum
1
Greenville8.5 mi away
12%136
2
Dayton23.7 mi away
9%95
3
Troy18 mi away
5%54
4
Arcanum (in town)right here
4%49
5
Vandalia20.7 mi away
2%27
6
Columbus83 mi away
2%27
7
Richmond, IN21 mi away
2%24
8
Eaton17.3 mi away
2%24
9
Greenville9.7 mi away
2%24
10
Monroe4.7 mi away
2%23
Everywhere elseother towns and states
56%622

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

How far

How far Arcanum commutes

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

25%Under 10 mi
36%10–24 mi
26%25–50 mi
14%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Arcanum is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.29 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Arcanum are

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

Jobs based in Arcanum

325 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)77%
$1,250 a month or less26%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Arcanum residents hold

1,105 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month60%
−66%

Jobs based in Arcanum, 2013 → 2023: 968 → 325. 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.

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