Work & commute · Defiance

Work & commute in Defiance, OH

About one in 5 of Defiance’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Defiance (33%), Napoleon (6%) and Archbold (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

1,243 of 5,711 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 4,468 Defiance residents head out of town to work, 1,243 work right here, and 3,552 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Defiance.

4,468live here, work elsewhere

1,243live and work here

3,552work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Defiance goes to work

Defiance2.9 mi away

33%1,887

Napoleon17.6 mi away

6%361

Archbold19.3 mi away

4%238

Bryan17.3 mi away

3%196

Richland7.1 mi away

3%165

Toledo51.2 mi away

3%160

Noble4.5 mi away

2%113

Columbus114.4 mi away

2%103

Defiance (in town)right here

2%94

Wauseon25.1 mi away

1%79

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,315

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

How far

How far Defiance commutes

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

41%

26%

15%

18%

41%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Defiance is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Defiance are

4,795 jobs are based in Defiance. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Defiance’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Defiance

4,795 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Defiance residents hold

5,711 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+4%

Jobs based in Defiance, 2013 → 2023: 4,604 → 4,795. 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.