Work & commute · Buck

Work & commute in Buck, OH

Most working residents leave Buck for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Kenton (21%), Bellefontaine (5%) and Marysville (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

121 of 908 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 787 Buck residents head out of town to work, 121 work right here, and 1,621 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buck.

787live here, work elsewhere

121live and work here

1,621work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buck goes to work

Kenton2.5 mi away

21%195

Bellefontaine19 mi away

5%45

Marysville30.4 mi away

5%44

Buck (in town)right here

4%40

Columbus54.2 mi away

4%37

Allen26 mi away

3%28

Perry18.2 mi away

3%27

Lima28 mi away

3%24

Marion25.4 mi away

2%19

Findlay30.3 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%431

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

How far

How far Buck commutes

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

29%

21%

29%

21%

29%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buck is a job hub

1.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buck are

1,742 jobs are based in Buck. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buck’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buck

1,742 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Buck residents hold

908 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+10%

Jobs based in Buck, 2013 → 2023: 1,582 → 1,742. 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.