Work & commute · German

Work & commute in German, OH

About one in 4 of German’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New Bremen (26%), Minster (11%) and Celina (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

504 of 1,918 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,414 German residents head out of town to work, 504 work right here, and 3,675 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in German.

1,414live here, work elsewhere

504live and work here

3,675work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where German goes to work

New Bremen1.2 mi away

26%502

Minster3.5 mi away

11%202

Celina11.6 mi away

5%94

Sidney16.2 mi away

5%90

St. Marys7.2 mi away

3%65

Wapakoneta13.7 mi away

3%63

Coldwater12.7 mi away

2%45

Jackson3.1 mi away

2%41

Jefferson11.3 mi away

2%40

Fort Loramie6.9 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%746

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

How far

How far German commutes

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

49%

27%

16%

49%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

German is a job hub

2.18jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in German are

4,179 jobs are based in German. Here is what they are, next to the jobs German’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in German

4,179 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)87%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs German residents hold

1,918 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+40%

Jobs based in German, 2013 → 2023: 2,976 → 4,179. 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.