Work & commute · Kalida

Work & commute in Kalida, OH

Most working residents leave Kalida for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Lima (14%), Ottawa (8%) and Findlay (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

108 of 705 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 597 Kalida residents head out of town to work, 108 work right here, and 1,533 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kalida.

597live here, work elsewhere

108live and work here

1,533work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kalida goes to work

Kalida (in town)right here

15%108

Lima17.3 mi away

14%101

Ottawa8.2 mi away

8%53

Findlay28.8 mi away

4%26

American14.9 mi away

3%24

Shawnee20.3 mi away

3%23

Bluffton16.8 mi away

3%20

Columbus93.5 mi away

2%16

Columbus Grove7.9 mi away

2%14

Van Wert22.6 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%309

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

How far

How far Kalida commutes

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

31%

38%

13%

17%

31%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kalida is a job hub

2.33jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kalida are

1,641 jobs are based in Kalida. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kalida’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kalida

1,641 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Kalida residents hold

705 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+163%

Jobs based in Kalida, 2013 → 2023: 623 → 1,641. 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.