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Work & commute · Mad River

Work & commute in Mad River, OH

Most working residents leave Mad River for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Urbana (15%), Springfield (14%) and Columbus (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
21 of 1,052 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,031 Mad River residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mad River.

1,031live here, work elsewhere
21live and work here
118work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Mad River goes to work

St. ParisUrbanaBellefontainePiquaTroyFindlaySpringfieldColumbusJacksonPikeMoorefieldUrbanaSalemJohnsonConcordAdamsMad RiverGermanUrbanaSpringfieldColumbusMoorefieldTroySt. ParisJohnsonBellefontaineFindlayMad River
1
Urbana5.8 mi away
15%160
2
Springfield11.1 mi away
14%143
3
Columbus46.7 mi away
6%60
4
Moorefield9 mi away
4%41
5
Troy19.3 mi away
3%32
6
St. Paris6.4 mi away
2%26
7
Johnson7.7 mi away
2%25
8
Mad River (in town)right here
2%21
9
Bellefontaine20.1 mi away
2%19
10
Findlay67.7 mi away
2%18
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%507

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

How far

How far Mad River commutes

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

33%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Mad River is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mad River are

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

Jobs based in Mad River

139 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Mad River residents hold

1,052 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+309%

Jobs based in Mad River, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 139. 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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