Work & commute · Columbus Grove

Work & commute in Columbus Grove, OH

Most working residents leave Columbus Grove for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Lima (11%), Ottawa (11%) and Findlay (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

105 of 1,004 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 899 Columbus Grove residents head out of town to work, 105 work right here, and 574 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Columbus Grove.

899live here, work elsewhere

105live and work here

574work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Columbus Grove goes to work

Lima12.7 mi away

11%111

Ottawa7 mi away

11%106

Columbus Grove (in town)right here

10%105

Findlay23.7 mi away

5%53

Bluffton9.2 mi away

4%45

Kalida7.9 mi away

4%41

American12.1 mi away

4%36

Bath9.6 mi away

2%20

Shawnee16.8 mi away

2%20

Allen25.6 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%448

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

How far

How far Columbus Grove commutes

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

35%

38%

18%

35%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Columbus Grove is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Columbus Grove are

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

Jobs based in Columbus Grove

679 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Columbus Grove residents hold

1,004 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−5%

Jobs based in Columbus Grove, 2013 → 2023: 716 → 679. 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.