Work & commute · Dorset

Work & commute in Dorset, OH

Most working residents leave Dorset for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Andover (7%), Ashtabula (7%) and Andover (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 259 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 252 Dorset residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dorset.

252live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dorset goes to work

Andover7.1 mi away

7%19

Ashtabula15.4 mi away

7%17

Andover7 mi away

6%15

Jefferson6.7 mi away

5%13

Jefferson7.3 mi away

5%12

Cleveland54.2 mi away

4%10

Mentor34.6 mi away

3%7

Orwell14 mi away

3%7

Dorset (in town)right here

3%7

Conneaut17.9 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%146

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

How far

How far Dorset commutes

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

27%

28%

18%

27%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dorset is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dorset are

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

Jobs based in Dorset

76 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Dorset residents hold

259 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−1%

Jobs based in Dorset, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 76. 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.