Work & commute · Margaretta

Work & commute in Margaretta, OH

Most working residents leave Margaretta for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Sandusky (18%), Perkins (10%) and Fremont (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

338 of 2,675 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 2,337 Margaretta residents head out of town to work, 338 work right here, and 2,650 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Margaretta.

2,337live here, work elsewhere

338live and work here

2,650work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Margaretta goes to work

Sandusky6.2 mi away

18%480

Perkins7.4 mi away

10%257

Margaretta (in town)right here

9%249

Fremont15.6 mi away

3%87

Norwalk17.1 mi away

3%81

Castalia2.2 mi away

3%79

Bellevue10.7 mi away

3%73

Clyde11.6 mi away

3%68

Toledo42.2 mi away

3%67

Cleveland59.6 mi away

2%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,170

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

How far

How far Margaretta commutes

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

47%

20%

14%

19%

47%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Margaretta is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Margaretta are

2,988 jobs are based in Margaretta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Margaretta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Margaretta

2,988 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)69%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Margaretta residents hold

2,675 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+23%

Jobs based in Margaretta, 2013 → 2023: 2,429 → 2,988. 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.