Work & commute · De Graff

Work & commute in De Graff, OH

Most working residents leave De Graff for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bellefontaine (11%), Columbus (5%) and Washington (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 563 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 549 De Graff residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 220 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in De Graff.

549live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

220work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where De Graff goes to work

Bellefontaine8.8 mi away

11%64

Columbus54.1 mi away

5%30

Washington7.5 mi away

5%30

Allen23.1 mi away

5%29

Sidney13.3 mi away

5%27

Jackson Center10.8 mi away

5%26

Perry18.4 mi away

4%25

Franklin13.8 mi away

3%18

De Graff (in town)right here

2%14

Marysville30.8 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%287

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

How far

How far De Graff commutes

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

24%

42%

16%

18%

24%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

De Graff is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in De Graff are

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

Jobs based in De Graff

234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs De Graff residents hold

563 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+68%

Jobs based in De Graff, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 234. 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.