Work & commute · Madison

Work & commute in Madison, OH

Most working residents leave Madison for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Fremont (10%), Toledo (9%) and Gibsonburg (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

197 of 1,693 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 1,496 Madison residents head out of town to work, 197 work right here, and 472 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madison.

1,496live here, work elsewhere

197live and work here

472work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madison goes to work

Fremont12.8 mi away

10%162

Toledo22.9 mi away

9%154

Gibsonburg2 mi away

9%152

Bowling Green15.1 mi away

5%83

Perrysburg15.6 mi away

3%49

Madison (in town)right here

3%45

Perrysburg18.5 mi away

2%38

Clyde20.3 mi away

2%33

Maumee21.2 mi away

2%33

Tiffin20.3 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%913

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

How far

How far Madison commutes

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

25%

46%

20%

25%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madison is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Madison are

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

Jobs based in Madison

669 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Madison residents hold

1,693 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 month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−25%

Jobs based in Madison, 2013 → 2023: 891 → 669. 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.