Work & commute · McLean

Work & commute in McLean, OH

Most working residents leave McLean for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Sidney (13%), Fort Loramie (9%) and Minster (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

183 of 1,661 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 1,478 McLean residents head out of town to work, 183 work right here, and 1,075 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McLean.

1,478live here, work elsewhere

183live and work here

1,075work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McLean goes to work

Sidney10.8 mi away

13%224

Fort Loramie2.2 mi away

9%153

Minster2.5 mi away

7%113

New Bremen4.9 mi away

4%71

Troy23.7 mi away

4%62

Versailles12.6 mi away

3%45

Piqua16.3 mi away

2%41

Franklin9.1 mi away

2%36

Jackson3.8 mi away

2%36

Columbus76.4 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%849

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

How far

How far McLean commutes

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

35%

12%

18%

35%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McLean is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McLean are

1,258 jobs are based in McLean. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McLean’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McLean

1,258 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs McLean residents hold

1,661 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+30%

Jobs based in McLean, 2013 → 2023: 969 → 1,258. 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.