Work & commute · Noble

Work & commute in Noble, OH

Most working residents leave Noble for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Defiance (29%), Napoleon (7%) and Bryan (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

312 of 2,392 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 2,080 Noble residents head out of town to work, 312 work right here, and 3,654 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Noble.

2,080live here, work elsewhere

312live and work here

3,654work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Noble goes to work

Defiance2.8 mi away

29%698

Napoleon15.5 mi away

7%168

Bryan13.4 mi away

5%124

Archbold15 mi away

5%123

Toledo48.9 mi away

3%64

Richland6.4 mi away

2%54

Wauseon21.5 mi away

2%43

Noble (in town)right here

2%42

Columbus117.9 mi away

1%30

Hicksville18.9 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,020

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

How far

How far Noble commutes

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

37%

31%

15%

17%

37%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Noble is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Noble are

3,966 jobs are based in Noble. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Noble’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Noble

3,966 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Noble residents hold

2,392 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−26%

Jobs based in Noble, 2013 → 2023: 5,381 → 3,966. 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.