Work & commute · Continental

Work & commute in Continental, OH

Most working residents leave Continental for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Ottawa (10%), Defiance (7%) and Kalida (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 498 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 481 Continental residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Continental.

481live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

186work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Continental goes to work

Ottawa13.5 mi away

10%48

Defiance13.5 mi away

7%35

Kalida9.1 mi away

6%32

Lima26.1 mi away

4%21

Napoleon22 mi away

4%20

Continental (in town)right here

3%17

Findlay33.2 mi away

3%17

Greensburg6.2 mi away

3%15

Miller City7.4 mi away

2%12

Paulding16.5 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%271

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

How far

How far Continental commutes

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

20%

44%

18%

20%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Continental is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Continental are

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

Jobs based in Continental

203 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Continental residents hold

498 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−2%

Jobs based in Continental, 2013 → 2023: 208 → 203. 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.