Work & commute · Fostoria

Work & commute in Fostoria, OH

About one in 4 of Fostoria’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Findlay (17%), Tiffin (4%) and Allen (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

1,334 of 5,755 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 4,421 Fostoria residents head out of town to work, 1,334 work right here, and 2,842 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fostoria.

4,421live here, work elsewhere

1,334live and work here

2,842work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fostoria goes to work

Fostoria (in town)right here

23%1,334

Findlay14.1 mi away

17%978

Tiffin12.4 mi away

4%212

Allen12.8 mi away

3%175

Columbus84.2 mi away

3%149

Bowling Green19.5 mi away

2%139

Carey15 mi away

2%132

Toledo35.9 mi away

2%123

Fremont20.5 mi away

2%101

North Baltimore13.6 mi away

1%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,340

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

How far

How far Fostoria commutes

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

27%

40%

14%

19%

27%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fostoria is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fostoria are

4,176 jobs are based in Fostoria. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fostoria’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fostoria

4,176 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Fostoria residents hold

5,755 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−6%

Jobs based in Fostoria, 2013 → 2023: 4,459 → 4,176. 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.