Work & commute · Crane

Work & commute in Crane, OH

Most working residents leave Crane for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (13%), Antwerp (6%) and Defiance (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 566 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 559 Crane residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crane.

559live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

132work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crane goes to work

Fort Wayne, IN28.2 mi away

13%72

Antwerp6.1 mi away

6%35

Defiance14.3 mi away

6%33

Hicksville9.4 mi away

5%30

Paulding5.1 mi away

5%29

Carryall6 mi away

4%21

Milan, IN17.5 mi away

4%20

Paulding5.9 mi away

3%19

New Haven, IN22.6 mi away

3%18

Bryan18.4 mi away

3%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%274

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

How far

How far Crane commutes

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

26%

31%

24%

19%

26%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crane is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crane are

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

Jobs based in Crane

139 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Crane residents hold

566 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−33%

Jobs based in Crane, 2013 → 2023: 208 → 139. 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.