Work & commute · Claridon

Work & commute in Claridon, OH

Most working residents leave Claridon for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (14%), Marion (14%) and Columbus (11%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

104 of 1,238 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,134 Claridon residents head out of town to work, 104 work right here, and 1,558 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Claridon.

1,134live here, work elsewhere

104live and work here

1,558work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Claridon goes to work

Marion5.6 mi away

14%177

Marion6 mi away

14%174

Columbus42.6 mi away

11%132

Claridon (in town)right here

8%104

Delaware21.9 mi away

4%51

Galion15.5 mi away

2%28

Mansfield27.8 mi away

2%22

Marysville31.6 mi away

1%18

Bucyrus14.3 mi away

1%16

Orange29.3 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%501

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

How far

How far Claridon commutes

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

38%

16%

29%

17%

38%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Claridon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Claridon are

1,662 jobs are based in Claridon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Claridon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Claridon

1,662 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Claridon residents hold

1,238 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−40%

Jobs based in Claridon, 2013 → 2023: 2,763 → 1,662. 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.