Work & commute · Dinsmore

Work & commute in Dinsmore, OH

Most working residents leave Dinsmore for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Sidney (16%), Botkins (7%) and Anna (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

172 of 1,644 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 1,472 Dinsmore residents head out of town to work, 172 work right here, and 1,181 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dinsmore.

1,472live here, work elsewhere

172live and work here

1,181work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dinsmore goes to work

Sidney10.1 mi away

16%257

Botkins1.6 mi away

7%110

Anna2.9 mi away

6%101

Franklin5.7 mi away

5%77

Jackson Center5.9 mi away

4%73

New Bremen11.6 mi away

4%71

Wapakoneta9.1 mi away

4%60

Minster11.9 mi away

3%56

Bellefontaine21.4 mi away

2%37

Jackson5 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%772

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

How far

How far Dinsmore commutes

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

39%

34%

10%

17%

39%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dinsmore is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dinsmore are

1,353 jobs are based in Dinsmore. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dinsmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dinsmore

1,353 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Dinsmore residents hold

1,644 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+22%

Jobs based in Dinsmore, 2013 → 2023: 1,107 → 1,353. 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.