Work & commute · Catawba Island

Work & commute in Catawba Island, OH

Most working residents leave Catawba Island for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Port Clinton (10%), Sandusky (6%) and Portage (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

129 of 1,355 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,226 Catawba Island residents head out of town to work, 129 work right here, and 514 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Catawba Island.

1,226live here, work elsewhere

129live and work here

514work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Catawba Island goes to work

Port Clinton6.2 mi away

10%141

Catawba Island (in town)right here

10%129

Sandusky10.5 mi away

6%79

Portage4.8 mi away

6%77

Toledo38.4 mi away

4%59

Columbus109.7 mi away

3%41

Perkins14.5 mi away

3%41

Fremont20.3 mi away

3%38

Cleveland60.8 mi away

2%31

Danbury5.9 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%695

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

How far

How far Catawba Island commutes

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

33%

19%

21%

27%

33%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Catawba Island is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.47 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Catawba Island are

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

Jobs based in Catawba Island

643 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Catawba Island residents hold

1,355 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+57%

Jobs based in Catawba Island, 2013 → 2023: 410 → 643. 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.