Work & commute · Northwood

Work & commute in Northwood, OH

Most working residents leave Northwood for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Toledo (30%), Oregon (7%) and Perrysburg (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

166 of 2,348 working residents

Typical commute

8 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 2,182 Northwood residents head out of town to work, 166 work right here, and 6,900 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northwood.

2,182live here, work elsewhere

166live and work here

6,900work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northwood goes to work

Toledo6.3 mi away

30%697

Northwood (in town)right here

7%166

Oregon3.9 mi away

7%155

Perrysburg7.4 mi away

7%154

Perrysburg9.7 mi away

4%96

Lake4.1 mi away

3%81

Sylvania13.6 mi away

3%66

Rossford5.1 mi away

3%64

Maumee10 mi away

3%59

Bowling Green18.2 mi away

2%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%756

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

How far

How far Northwood commutes

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

61%

19%

15%

61%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northwood is a job hub

3.01jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Northwood are

7,066 jobs are based in Northwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Northwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Northwood

7,066 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Northwood residents hold

2,348 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+51%

Jobs based in Northwood, 2013 → 2023: 4,689 → 7,066. 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.