Work & commute · Gorham

Work & commute in Gorham, OH

Most working residents leave Gorham for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Archbold (23%), Wauseon (10%) and Fayette (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 1,014 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 962 Gorham residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 530 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gorham.

962live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

530work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gorham goes to work

Archbold10.8 mi away

23%234

Wauseon12 mi away

10%101

Fayette1 mi away

5%46

Toledo37.6 mi away

4%40

German9.2 mi away

3%33

Holiday City12.4 mi away

2%25

Napoleon21.2 mi away

2%23

Columbus135.6 mi away

2%22

West Unity8.5 mi away

2%20

Defiance27.2 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%452

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

How far

How far Gorham commutes

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

15%

50%

15%

20%

15%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gorham is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gorham are

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

Jobs based in Gorham

582 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Gorham residents hold

1,014 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+23%

Jobs based in Gorham, 2013 → 2023: 473 → 582. 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.