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Work & commute · Gibson

Work & commute in Gibson, OH

Most working residents leave Gibson for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Recovery (17%), Coldwater (9%) and Recovery (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
12%
131 of 1,101 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
16 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 970 Gibson residents head out of town to work, 131 work right here, and 759 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gibson.

970live here, work elsewhere
131live and work here
759work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Gibson goes to work

PortlandFort RecoverySt. HenryColdwaterMinsterNew BremenCelinaMadisonWayneGibsonRecoveryButlerGranvilleWashingtonJeffersonMississinawaFort RecoveryColdwaterRecoverySt. HenryCelinaNew BremenGranvilleJeffersonMinsterGibson
1
Fort Recovery2.7 mi away
17%184
2
Coldwater9.4 mi away
9%99
3
Recovery4.2 mi away
7%79
4
St. Henry6.9 mi away
7%74
5
Celina15.7 mi away
5%59
6
New Bremen20 mi away
3%28
7
Granville6 mi away
3%28
8
Jefferson15.2 mi away
3%28
9
Gibson (in town)right here
2%26
10
Minster19.6 mi away
2%23
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%473

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

How far

How far Gibson commutes

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

49%Under 10 mi
27%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Gibson is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gibson are

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

Jobs based in Gibson

890 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)50%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)27%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Gibson residents hold

1,101 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)44%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)34%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+29%

Jobs based in Gibson, 2013 → 2023: 690 → 890. 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.

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