Work & commute · Minster

Work & commute in Minster, OH

About one in 5 of Minster’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New Bremen (9%), Sidney (9%) and Jackson (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

290 of 1,437 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,147 Minster residents head out of town to work, 290 work right here, and 2,543 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minster.

1,147live here, work elsewhere

290live and work here

2,543work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minster goes to work

Minster (in town)right here

20%290

New Bremen2.8 mi away

9%129

Sidney13.3 mi away

9%123

Jackson1.3 mi away

5%71

St. Marys10.6 mi away

4%51

Fort Loramie3.4 mi away

3%38

Columbus78.8 mi away

3%37

Celina14.7 mi away

3%36

Versailles13.1 mi away

2%35

Franklin11.2 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%597

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

How far

How far Minster commutes

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

41%

30%

20%

41%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minster is a job hub

1.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Minster are

2,833 jobs are based in Minster. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Minster’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Minster

2,833 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Minster residents hold

1,437 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month66%

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Jobs based in Minster, 2013 → 2023: 2,838 → 2,833. 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.