Work & commute · Celina

Work & commute in Celina, OH

About one in 4 of Celina’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jefferson (8%), Coldwater (8%) and St. Marys (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

1,276 of 4,996 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 3,720 Celina residents head out of town to work, 1,276 work right here, and 4,596 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Celina.

3,720live here, work elsewhere

1,276live and work here

4,596work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Celina goes to work

Celina (in town)right here

26%1,276

Jefferson0.5 mi away

8%406

Coldwater6.2 mi away

8%389

St. Marys8.9 mi away

6%294

New Bremen12.7 mi away

4%221

St. Henry10 mi away

2%87

Columbus91.9 mi away

2%85

Lima26.8 mi away

2%78

Van Wert21.5 mi away

2%77

Minster14.7 mi away

1%71

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%2,012

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

How far

How far Celina commutes

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

50%

21%

19%

50%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Celina is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Celina are

5,872 jobs are based in Celina. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Celina’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Celina

5,872 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Celina residents hold

4,996 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+7%

Jobs based in Celina, 2013 → 2023: 5,481 → 5,872. 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.