Work & commute · Jennings

Work & commute in Jennings, OH

Most working residents leave Jennings for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Ottoville (8%), Van Wert (7%) and Lima (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

68 of 946 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 878 Jennings residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 475 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jennings.

878live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

475work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jennings goes to work

Ottoville4.5 mi away

8%72

Van Wert16.6 mi away

7%70

Lima13.4 mi away

7%64

Kalida7.8 mi away

6%58

Jackson5.2 mi away

6%56

Delphos4.6 mi away

5%48

Jennings (in town)right here

4%40

Ottawa15.2 mi away

4%37

Shawnee14.9 mi away

4%34

Fort Jennings1.7 mi away

3%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%439

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

How far

How far Jennings commutes

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

39%

34%

12%

14%

39%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jennings 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 Jennings are

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

Jobs based in Jennings

543 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Jennings residents hold

946 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−28%

Jobs based in Jennings, 2013 → 2023: 753 → 543. 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.