Work & commute · Bolivar

Work & commute in Bolivar, OH

Most working residents leave Bolivar for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Dover (12%), Canton (11%) and New Philadelphia (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 386 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 373 Bolivar residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 434 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bolivar.

373live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

434work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bolivar goes to work

Dover8.8 mi away

12%47

Canton11.5 mi away

11%43

New Philadelphia11.8 mi away

7%27

Massillon9.6 mi away

5%19

Jackson14.4 mi away

5%18

Bolivar (in town)right here

3%13

Strasburg5.4 mi away

3%11

Columbus92.9 mi away

3%11

Lawrence2.6 mi away

3%10

Sugarcreek14 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%180

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

How far

How far Bolivar commutes

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

38%

39%

17%

38%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bolivar is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bolivar are

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

Jobs based in Bolivar

447 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Bolivar residents hold

386 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+93%

Jobs based in Bolivar, 2013 → 2023: 232 → 447. 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.