Work & commute · Big Spring

Work & commute in Big Spring, OH

Most working residents leave Big Spring for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Tiffin (17%), Findlay (11%) and Fostoria (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 783 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 732 Big Spring residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 248 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Spring.

732live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

248work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Spring goes to work

Tiffin11 mi away

17%131

Findlay14.6 mi away

11%89

Fostoria9.2 mi away

7%56

New Riegel2.5 mi away

5%37

Carey6.3 mi away

4%34

Upper Sandusky14.7 mi away

4%28

Hopewell8.5 mi away

2%19

Loudon6.1 mi away

2%18

Seneca6.1 mi away

2%17

Fremont25.6 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%339

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

How far

How far Big Spring commutes

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

33%

38%

14%

15%

33%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Spring is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Spring are

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

Jobs based in Big Spring

299 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Big Spring residents hold

783 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−12%

Jobs based in Big Spring, 2013 → 2023: 339 → 299. 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.