Work & commute · Montpelier

Work & commute in Montpelier, OH

About one in 5 of Montpelier’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bryan (14%), Holiday City (8%) and West Unity (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

396 of 1,894 working residents

Typical commute

9 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 1,498 Montpelier residents head out of town to work, 396 work right here, and 1,568 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montpelier.

1,498live here, work elsewhere

396live and work here

1,568work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montpelier goes to work

Montpelier (in town)right here

21%396

Bryan8.2 mi away

14%266

Holiday City3.7 mi away

8%152

West Unity8.3 mi away

5%104

Pioneer6.9 mi away

4%68

Archbold15.6 mi away

3%62

Toledo52.4 mi away

3%54

Center8.3 mi away

2%39

Defiance24 mi away

2%32

Wauseon23.4 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%691

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

How far

How far Montpelier commutes

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

59%

16%

18%

59%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montpelier is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Montpelier are

1,964 jobs are based in Montpelier. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Montpelier’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Montpelier

1,964 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Montpelier residents hold

1,894 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+10%

Jobs based in Montpelier, 2013 → 2023: 1,781 → 1,964. 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.