Work & commute · Fort Shawnee

Work & commute in Fort Shawnee, OH

Most working residents leave Fort Shawnee for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lima (24%), Shawnee (9%) and American (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

122 of 2,745 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 2,623 Fort Shawnee residents head out of town to work, 122 work right here, and 886 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Shawnee.

2,623live here, work elsewhere

122live and work here

886work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Shawnee goes to work

Lima4.4 mi away

24%659

Shawnee1.2 mi away

9%252

American6.1 mi away

7%195

Bath8.8 mi away

5%148

Fort Shawnee (in town)right here

4%122

Columbus78 mi away

3%75

Wapakoneta8.4 mi away

3%69

Perry5.7 mi away

2%64

St. Marys15.8 mi away

2%44

Findlay36.7 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,077

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

How far

How far Fort Shawnee commutes

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

57%

13%

20%

57%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Shawnee is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Shawnee are

1,008 jobs are based in Fort Shawnee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Shawnee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Shawnee

1,008 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Fort Shawnee residents hold

2,745 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+43%

Jobs based in Fort Shawnee, 2013 → 2023: 707 → 1,008. 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.