Work & commute · Ottawa Hills

Work & commute in Ottawa Hills, OH

Most working residents leave Ottawa Hills for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Toledo (45%), Sylvania (6%) and Sylvania (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

87 of 1,967 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,880 Ottawa Hills residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 223 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ottawa Hills.

1,880live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

223work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ottawa Hills goes to work

Toledo3 mi away

45%890

Sylvania4.6 mi away

6%117

Sylvania4.7 mi away

5%90

Ottawa Hills (in town)right here

4%87

Maumee6.4 mi away

4%78

Bowling Green19.9 mi away

2%47

Perrysburg8.8 mi away

2%39

Columbus121.1 mi away

1%28

Oregon10.4 mi away

1%27

Springfield5.8 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%538

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

How far

How far Ottawa Hills commutes

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

72%

17%

72%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ottawa Hills is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ottawa Hills are

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

Jobs based in Ottawa Hills

310 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Ottawa Hills residents hold

1,967 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+17%

Jobs based in Ottawa Hills, 2013 → 2023: 265 → 310. 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.