Work & commute · Otway

Work & commute in Otway, OH

Most working residents leave Otway for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Portsmouth (18%), Waverly (7%) and Beaver (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 28 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 28 Otway residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Otway.

28live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Otway goes to work

Portsmouth15 mi away

18%5

Waverly21.1 mi away

7%2

Beaver22.8 mi away

4%1

Ironton35.8 mi away

4%1

Westerville88.2 mi away

4%1

Grove City69.5 mi away

4%1

Columbus78.2 mi away

4%1

Chattanooga, TN286 mi away

4%1

Houston, TX935.5 mi away

4%1

Union4.6 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%13

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

How far

How far Otway commutes

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

12%

38%

19%

31%

12%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Otway is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Otway are

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

Jobs based in Otway

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Otway residents hold

28 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+200%

Jobs based in Otway, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 6. 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.