Work & commute · Chesterfield

Work & commute in Chesterfield, OH

Most working residents leave Chesterfield for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wauseon (16%), Archbold (10%) and Toledo (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 432 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 428 Chesterfield residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chesterfield.

428live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chesterfield goes to work

Wauseon8.8 mi away

16%71

Archbold13.4 mi away

10%42

Toledo30 mi away

9%39

York11.5 mi away

4%16

Dover4.8 mi away

3%13

Defiance29.4 mi away

3%11

Clinton10 mi away

2%9

Fayette8.5 mi away

2%8

Swanton15.8 mi away

2%8

Napoleon19.5 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%207

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

How far

How far Chesterfield commutes

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

24%

35%

22%

20%

24%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chesterfield is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chesterfield are

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

Jobs based in Chesterfield

62 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Chesterfield residents hold

432 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−52%

Jobs based in Chesterfield, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 62. 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.