Work & commute · Castalia

Work & commute in Castalia, OH

Most working residents leave Castalia for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Sandusky (19%), Margaretta (10%) and Perkins (10%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 344 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 335 Castalia residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 329 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Castalia.

335live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

329work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Castalia goes to work

Sandusky5.8 mi away

19%65

Margaretta2.2 mi away

10%36

Perkins5.6 mi away

10%35

Norwalk14.9 mi away

4%13

Clyde11.6 mi away

3%11

Castalia (in town)right here

3%9

Bellevue9.2 mi away

2%8

Fremont16.5 mi away

2%8

Port Clinton10.2 mi away

2%7

Huron12.4 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%145

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

How far

How far Castalia commutes

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

51%

20%

12%

17%

51%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Castalia is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Castalia are

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

Jobs based in Castalia

338 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Castalia residents hold

344 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+17%

Jobs based in Castalia, 2013 → 2023: 288 → 338. 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.