Work & commute · Beaverdam

Work & commute in Beaverdam, OH

Most working residents leave Beaverdam for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lima (22%), Bath (10%) and Bluffton (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 135 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 132 Beaverdam residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 359 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beaverdam.

132live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

359work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beaverdam goes to work

Lima9.6 mi away

22%30

Bath5 mi away

10%13

Bluffton6.1 mi away

8%11

Columbus Grove7.6 mi away

4%6

Shawnee14.2 mi away

4%5

Columbus78.3 mi away

3%4

Beaverdam (in town)right here

2%3

Kalida15.2 mi away

2%3

Ottawa13.3 mi away

2%3

Springfield63.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%54

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

How far

How far Beaverdam commutes

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

46%

24%

22%

46%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beaverdam is a job hub

2.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Beaverdam are

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

Jobs based in Beaverdam

362 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Beaverdam residents hold

135 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−7%

Jobs based in Beaverdam, 2013 → 2023: 390 → 362. 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.