Work & commute · Bath

Work & commute in Bath, OH

Most working residents leave Bath for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Lima (24%), American (7%) and Shawnee (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

532 of 3,937 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 3,405 Bath residents head out of town to work, 532 work right here, and 4,448 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bath.

3,405live here, work elsewhere

532live and work here

4,448work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bath goes to work

Lima4.6 mi away

24%929

Bath (in town)right here

14%532

American7.1 mi away

7%293

Shawnee9.2 mi away

5%188

Perry7.4 mi away

4%142

Columbus78.2 mi away

2%87

Bluffton11.1 mi away

2%76

Findlay28 mi away

2%73

Wapakoneta16.9 mi away

2%70

Sidney34.6 mi away

1%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,491

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

How far

How far Bath commutes

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

57%

12%

11%

20%

57%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bath is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bath are

4,980 jobs are based in Bath. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bath’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bath

4,980 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Bath residents hold

3,937 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−7%

Jobs based in Bath, 2013 → 2023: 5,364 → 4,980. 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.