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Work & commute · Blue Creek

Work & commute in Blue Creek, OH

Most working residents leave Blue Creek for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Van Wert (11%), Fort Wayne (9%) and Haviland (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
10%
30 of 286 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
17 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 256 Blue Creek residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 468 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blue Creek.

256live here, work elsewhere
30live and work here
468work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Blue Creek goes to work

New HavenFort WayneHavilandPaynePauldingVan WertDefianceMilanBentonBlue CreekHarrisonUnionPauldingJacksonLattyVan WertFort WayneHavilandPauldingPauldingPayneJacksonNew HavenMilanBlue Creek
1
Van Wert11.8 mi away
11%31
2
Fort Wayne, IN27 mi away
9%25
3
Haviland2.6 mi away
7%19
4
Paulding8 mi away
7%19
5
Blue Creek (in town)right here
4%11
6
Paulding6.3 mi away
4%11
7
Payne6 mi away
3%9
8
Jackson8.6 mi away
3%8
9
New Haven, IN20.2 mi away
2%7
10
Milan, IN18.1 mi away
2%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%139

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

How far

How far Blue Creek commutes

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

31%Under 10 mi
32%10–24 mi
21%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Blue Creek is a job hub

1.74jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blue Creek are

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

Jobs based in Blue Creek

498 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)37%
Trade, transport & utilities49%
Services (health, schools, offices…)14%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Blue Creek residents hold

286 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)36%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)43%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month57%
+23%

Jobs based in Blue Creek, 2013 → 2023: 405 → 498. 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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