Work & commute · McArthur

Work & commute in McArthur, OH

Most working residents leave McArthur for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bellefontaine (17%), Allen (7%) and Columbus (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 807 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 795 McArthur residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McArthur.

795live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McArthur goes to work

Bellefontaine5.6 mi away

17%135

Allen21.1 mi away

7%57

Columbus53.1 mi away

6%47

Washington5.1 mi away

5%44

Marysville28.3 mi away

4%33

Perry13.5 mi away

4%31

Sidney22.1 mi away

3%25

Jackson Center13.1 mi away

2%19

De Graff10.8 mi away

2%14

Lima26.6 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%388

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

How far

How far McArthur commutes

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

32%

29%

23%

16%

32%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McArthur is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in McArthur are

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

Jobs based in McArthur

132 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs McArthur residents hold

807 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−13%

Jobs based in McArthur, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 132. 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.