Work & commute · Monterey

Work & commute in Monterey, OH

Most working residents leave Monterey for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Lima (10%), Ottoville (8%) and Van Wert (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

101 of 1,030 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 929 Monterey residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 547 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monterey.

929live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

547work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monterey goes to work

Lima19.3 mi away

10%103

Ottoville1.5 mi away

8%81

Van Wert13.2 mi away

7%77

Kalida9.5 mi away

6%58

Delphos7.1 mi away

5%54

Ottawa17.7 mi away

4%44

Jennings5.9 mi away

4%43

Jackson4.8 mi away

4%43

Shawnee20.3 mi away

4%40

Fort Jennings4.3 mi away

4%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%448

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

How far

How far Monterey commutes

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

36%

39%

10%

14%

36%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monterey is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monterey are

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

Jobs based in Monterey

648 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Monterey residents hold

1,030 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−4%

Jobs based in Monterey, 2013 → 2023: 673 → 648. 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.