Work & commute · Fort Jennings

Work & commute in Fort Jennings, OH

Most working residents leave Fort Jennings for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Kalida (7%), Van Wert (7%) and Lima (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 260 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 250 Fort Jennings residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 189 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Jennings.

250live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

189work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Jennings goes to work

Kalida8.1 mi away

7%18

Van Wert15.4 mi away

7%18

Lima15.1 mi away

7%17

Ottoville2.8 mi away

6%16

Jennings1.7 mi away

6%16

Jackson4.5 mi away

5%14

Ottawa15.9 mi away

4%11

Fort Jennings (in town)right here

4%10

Delphos4.5 mi away

4%10

Shawnee16.3 mi away

3%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%121

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

How far

How far Fort Jennings commutes

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

39%

32%

15%

39%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Jennings is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Jennings are

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

Jobs based in Fort Jennings

199 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Fort Jennings residents hold

260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−42%

Jobs based in Fort Jennings, 2013 → 2023: 341 → 199. 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.