Work & commute · Bryan

Work & commute in Bryan, OH

About one in 3 of Bryan’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Defiance (5%), Montpelier (4%) and Archbold (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

1,488 of 4,092 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 2,604 Bryan residents head out of town to work, 1,488 work right here, and 4,968 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bryan.

2,604live here, work elsewhere

1,488live and work here

4,968work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bryan goes to work

Bryan (in town)right here

36%1,488

Defiance16.1 mi away

5%187

Montpelier8.2 mi away

4%177

Archbold13 mi away

4%162

Holiday City10.4 mi away

3%108

West Unity10.2 mi away

3%107

Toledo51.7 mi away

3%107

Center4.5 mi away

2%101

Edgerton10.5 mi away

2%71

Napoleon22.5 mi away

2%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,516

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

How far

How far Bryan commutes

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

49%

24%

18%

49%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bryan is a job hub

1.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bryan are

6,456 jobs are based in Bryan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bryan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bryan

6,456 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Bryan residents hold

4,092 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−5%

Jobs based in Bryan, 2013 → 2023: 6,822 → 6,456. 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.