Work & commute · Carey

Work & commute in Carey, OH

About one in 4 of Carey’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Findlay (18%), Upper Sandusky (9%) and Tiffin (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

406 of 1,750 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,344 Carey residents head out of town to work, 406 work right here, and 2,255 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carey.

1,344live here, work elsewhere

406live and work here

2,255work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carey goes to work

Carey (in town)right here

23%406

Findlay14.8 mi away

18%318

Upper Sandusky10 mi away

9%160

Tiffin16.2 mi away

3%55

Salem5.6 mi away

2%35

Columbus69.5 mi away

2%34

Toledo50.7 mi away

2%34

Allen18.8 mi away

2%33

Fostoria15 mi away

2%30

North Baltimore21.9 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%623

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

How far

How far Carey commutes

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

34%

36%

12%

18%

34%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carey is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carey are

2,661 jobs are based in Carey. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carey’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carey

2,661 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Carey residents hold

1,750 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+92%

Jobs based in Carey, 2013 → 2023: 1,384 → 2,661. 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.