Work & commute · Ottoville

Work & commute in Ottoville, OH

Most working residents leave Ottoville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Lima (11%), Van Wert (8%) and Kalida (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 509 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 472 Ottoville residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 501 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ottoville.

472live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

501work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ottoville goes to work

Lima17.9 mi away

11%57

Van Wert13.9 mi away

8%43

Ottoville (in town)right here

7%37

Kalida8.8 mi away

6%29

Delphos6 mi away

5%25

Fort Jennings2.8 mi away

5%24

Ottawa16.9 mi away

5%23

Shawnee18.9 mi away

5%23

Jackson4.2 mi away

4%20

Jennings4.5 mi away

4%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%210

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

How far

How far Ottoville commutes

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

35%

42%

10%

14%

35%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ottoville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ottoville are

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

Jobs based in Ottoville

538 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Ottoville residents hold

509 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−8%

Jobs based in Ottoville, 2013 → 2023: 582 → 538. 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.