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Work & commute in Nankin · A commuter town

100% of Nankin’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Nankin for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Ashland (28%), Wooster (9%) and Mansfield (2%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 165 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
24 min
More than OH (23 min)
Work from home
4%
Less than OH (13%)
Jobs based here
4
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Nankin?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

28% of working residents work in Ashland

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

West Salem: 2 residents work here (1%)Willard: 2 residents work here (1%)Wellington: 3 residents work here (2%)Medina: 3 residents work here (2%)Ashland: 47 residents work here (28%)Wooster: 15 residents work here (9%)Elyria: 3 residents work here (2%)Mansfield: 4 residents work here (2%)Columbus: 3 residents work here (2%)JacksonOrangeGreenwichMontgomery: 3 residents work here (2%)NankinAshlandWoosterMansfieldWellingtonMedinaElyriaNankin
1
Ashland3.6 mi away
28%47
2
Wooster19.9 mi away
9%15
3
Mansfield16.3 mi away
2%4
4
Wellington16.7 mi away
2%3
5
Medina26.6 mi away
2%3
6
Elyria33.5 mi away
2%3
7
Columbus74 mi away
2%3
8
Montgomery2.7 mi away
2%3
9
West Salem10.2 mi away
1%2
10
Willard24.5 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%80
The top trips

Where Nankin clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Nankin quiets down on a workday

On a workday 165 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

165live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night420
Workday260
420live here− 170head out to work+ 4come in to work= 260on a workday

About 260 people are in Nankin on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.02jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Nankin commutes less than 19 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miAshland: 28% · 3.6 miWooster: 9% · 19.9 miMansfield: 2% · 16.3 miWellington: 2% · 16.7 miMedina: 2% · 26.6 miElyria: 2% · 33.5 miColumbus: 2% · 74 miMontgomery: 2% · 2.7 miWest Salem: 1% · 10.2 miWillard: 1% · 24.5 miAshland 28%Wooster 9%Mansfield 2%Wellington 2%Medina 2%Nankin
NankinTop destinations (size = commuters)
36%Under 10 mi59 residents
27%10–24 mi44 residents
19%25–50 mi32 residents
18%Over 50 mi30 residents

About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in NankinJobs Nankin residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%33%
Trade, transport & utilities0%24%
Services: health, schools, offices100%42%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month75%33%
Over $3,333 a month25%52%

Who does it

29 or younger25%19%
30 to 5450%50%
55 and older25%30%
−20%

Jobs based in Nankin, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 4. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 24 minutes each way, about the OH average

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
182 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Nankin24 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
4%

of Nankin workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
Next door

Nankin and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Montgomery (2%). Darker towns draw more of Nankin’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Montgomery16 min
Orange22 min
Nankin24 min
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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