Work & commute · Mesopotamia

Work & commute in Mesopotamia, OH

Most working residents leave Mesopotamia for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Middlefield (9%), Middlefield (9%) and Farmington (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 800 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 763 Mesopotamia residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 245 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mesopotamia.

763live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

245work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mesopotamia goes to work

Middlefield6.1 mi away

9%71

Middlefield4.3 mi away

9%69

Mesopotamia (in town)right here

5%37

Farmington5.2 mi away

3%24

Akron39.6 mi away

3%22

Cleveland37.6 mi away

2%18

Warren17.1 mi away

2%17

Columbus147.5 mi away

2%16

West Farmington5.1 mi away

2%14

Burton9.8 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%498

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

How far

How far Mesopotamia commutes

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

37%

19%

24%

20%

37%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mesopotamia is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mesopotamia are

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

Jobs based in Mesopotamia

282 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Mesopotamia residents hold

800 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+297%

Jobs based in Mesopotamia, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 282. 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.