Work & commute · Elida

Work & commute in Elida, OH

Most working residents leave Elida for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lima (23%), American (12%) and Bath (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 823 working residents

Typical commute

8 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 780 Elida residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 640 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elida.

780live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

640work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elida goes to work

Lima5.6 mi away

23%189

American1.7 mi away

12%96

Bath8.2 mi away

7%56

Shawnee6.8 mi away

6%49

Elida (in town)right here

5%43

Columbus84.5 mi away

2%17

Van Wert21 mi away

2%16

Perry11.3 mi away

2%16

Delphos8.3 mi away

2%15

Fort Shawnee7.6 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%311

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

How far

How far Elida commutes

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

61%

11%

20%

61%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elida is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elida are

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

Jobs based in Elida

683 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Elida residents hold

823 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+18%

Jobs based in Elida, 2013 → 2023: 578 → 683. 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.