Work & commute · Bluffton

Work & commute in Bluffton, OH

About one in 4 of Bluffton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lima (9%), Findlay (4%) and Ada (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

380 of 1,386 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,006 Bluffton residents head out of town to work, 380 work right here, and 2,353 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bluffton.

1,006live here, work elsewhere

380live and work here

2,353work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bluffton goes to work

Bluffton (in town)right here

27%380

Lima15.7 mi away

9%121

Findlay16.9 mi away

4%50

Ada9.2 mi away

4%49

Ottawa11.7 mi away

3%40

Bath11.1 mi away

2%32

Columbus78.6 mi away

2%30

Shawnee20.3 mi away

2%28

American17.3 mi away

2%28

Pandora5 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%609

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

How far

How far Bluffton commutes

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

37%

31%

10%

23%

37%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bluffton is a job hub

1.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bluffton are

2,733 jobs are based in Bluffton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bluffton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bluffton

2,733 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Bluffton residents hold

1,386 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+8%

Jobs based in Bluffton, 2013 → 2023: 2,524 → 2,733. 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.