Work & commute · Ohio

Work & commute in Ohio, OH

Most working residents leave Ohio for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Van Wert (25%), Lima (5%) and Fort Wayne (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 354 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 350 Ohio residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ohio.

350live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ohio goes to work

Van Wert6.7 mi away

25%89

Lima26.5 mi away

5%17

Fort Wayne, IN35.2 mi away

4%14

Celina15.2 mi away

3%10

Ridge7.8 mi away

3%10

Shawnee24 mi away

3%9

Decatur, IN16.8 mi away

2%7

New Bremen26.3 mi away

2%7

Delphos15.5 mi away

2%7

St. Marys19.4 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%177

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

How far

How far Ohio commutes

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

34%

28%

21%

17%

34%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ohio is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ohio are

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

Jobs based in Ohio

44 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities84%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Ohio residents hold

354 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−68%

Jobs based in Ohio, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 44. 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.