Work & commute · Emerald

Work & commute in Emerald, OH

Most working residents leave Emerald for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Defiance (16%), Paulding (10%) and Fort Wayne (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 368 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 366 Emerald residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emerald.

366live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emerald goes to work

Defiance9.5 mi away

16%60

Paulding5.7 mi away

10%38

Fort Wayne, IN33.3 mi away

5%19

Jackson5.8 mi away

5%19

Brown9.6 mi away

5%17

Paulding8.1 mi away

4%14

Napoleon24.4 mi away

4%13

Van Wert24.3 mi away

2%9

Findlay47.5 mi away

2%8

Haviland13.9 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%164

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

How far

How far Emerald commutes

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

33%

18%

16%

33%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emerald is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Emerald are

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

Jobs based in Emerald

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Emerald residents hold

368 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−76%

Jobs based in Emerald, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 11. 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.