Work & commute · Mechanic

Work & commute in Mechanic, OH

Most working residents leave Mechanic for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Berlin (10%), Berlin (6%) and Millersburg (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

76 of 1,337 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,261 Mechanic residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 592 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mechanic.

1,261live here, work elsewhere

76live and work here

592work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mechanic goes to work

Berlin6.2 mi away

10%134

Berlin5.8 mi away

6%86

Millersburg5.4 mi away

6%81

Mechanic (in town)right here

5%73

Walnut Creek10.2 mi away

5%69

Columbus68 mi away

5%67

Clark7.1 mi away

4%57

Hardy5.9 mi away

4%56

Wooster23.5 mi away

4%55

Salt Creek10.5 mi away

3%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%614

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

How far

How far Mechanic commutes

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

51%

22%

21%

51%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mechanic is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mechanic are

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

Jobs based in Mechanic

668 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)69%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Mechanic residents hold

1,337 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−5%

Jobs based in Mechanic, 2013 → 2023: 700 → 668. 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.