Work & commute · Gasper

Work & commute in Gasper, OH

Most working residents leave Gasper for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Eaton (25%), Richmond (7%) and Dayton (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 1,717 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 1,671 Gasper residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gasper.

1,671live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

76work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gasper goes to work

Eaton4.5 mi away

25%430

Richmond, IN16.4 mi away

7%114

Dayton24.8 mi away

5%82

Oxford13.5 mi away

4%72

Middletown19.7 mi away

3%53

Lake Lakengren2.2 mi away

2%35

Camden3.4 mi away

2%31

Kettering26.4 mi away

2%31

Columbus90.6 mi away

2%26

Miami20.8 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%817

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

How far

How far Gasper commutes

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

33%

28%

25%

15%

33%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gasper is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gasper are

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

Jobs based in Gasper

122 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Gasper residents hold

1,717 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−40%

Jobs based in Gasper, 2013 → 2023: 205 → 122. 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.