Work & commute · Oak Harbor

Work & commute in Oak Harbor, OH

Most working residents leave Oak Harbor for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Port Clinton (9%), Toledo (7%) and Fremont (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

133 of 1,317 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,184 Oak Harbor residents head out of town to work, 133 work right here, and 574 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oak Harbor.

1,184live here, work elsewhere

133live and work here

574work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oak Harbor goes to work

Oak Harbor (in town)right here

10%133

Port Clinton10.2 mi away

9%115

Toledo25.5 mi away

7%87

Fremont10.6 mi away

6%82

Salem1.1 mi away

5%61

Portage11.8 mi away

3%38

Sandusky22.1 mi away

3%36

Harris6.3 mi away

3%34

Oregon18.8 mi away

3%33

Carroll7.4 mi away

3%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%665

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

How far

How far Oak Harbor commutes

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

25%

43%

11%

20%

25%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oak Harbor is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oak Harbor are

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

Jobs based in Oak Harbor

707 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Oak Harbor residents hold

1,317 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−15%

Jobs based in Oak Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 835 → 707. 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.