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Work & commute · Fayette

Work & commute in Fayette, OH

Most working residents leave Fayette for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Archbold (24%), Wauseon (10%) and Toledo (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
26 of 617 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 591 Fayette residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 457 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fayette.

591live here, work elsewhere
26live and work here
457work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Fayette goes to work

MorenciFayetteWest UnityPioneerHoliday CityArchboldWauseonBryanNapoleonDefianceColumbusToledoGorhamGermanArchboldWauseonToledoGermanHoliday CityWest UnityNapoleonDefianceColumbusFayette
1
Archbold10.9 mi away
24%145
2
Wauseon12.8 mi away
10%63
3
Toledo38.5 mi away
5%28
4
Fayette (in town)right here
4%26
5
German9.3 mi away
4%25
6
Holiday City11.5 mi away
3%17
7
West Unity7.8 mi away
2%12
8
Napoleon21.7 mi away
2%12
9
Defiance27.1 mi away
2%12
10
Columbus136.1 mi away
2%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%265

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

How far

How far Fayette commutes

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

13%Under 10 mi
52%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Fayette is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fayette are

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

Jobs based in Fayette

483 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)55%
Trade, transport & utilities5%
Services (health, schools, offices…)40%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Fayette residents hold

617 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)45%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month55%
+23%

Jobs based in Fayette, 2013 → 2023: 393 → 483. 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.

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