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Work & commute in Paint, OH

Most working residents leave Paint for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Salt Creek (7%), Salt Creek (5%) and Akron (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
15%
176 of 1,173 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
18%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 997 Paint residents head out of town to work, 176 work right here, and 1,100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paint.

997live here, work elsewhere
176live and work here
1,100work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Paint goes to work

Mount EatonApple CreekWoosterColumbusAkronPaintPaintEast UnionFranklinSugarcreekSalt CreekSugar CreekSalt CreekKidronSalt CreekSalt CreekAkronEast UnionWoosterColumbusMount EatonPaintSugar CreekPaint
1
Paint (in town)right here
12%144
2
Salt Creek6.2 mi away
7%84
3
Salt Creek8.4 mi away
5%57
4
Akron27.3 mi away
5%54
5
East Union7.3 mi away
4%43
6
Wooster14.1 mi away
3%35
7
Columbus84.1 mi away
3%34
8
Mount Eaton1.1 mi away
3%32
9
Paint5.4 mi away
3%32
10
Sugar Creek4.2 mi away
3%30
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%628

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

How far

How far Paint commutes

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

44%Under 10 mi
22%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Paint is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Paint are

1,276 jobs are based in Paint. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Paint’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Paint

1,276 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)68%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)17%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Paint residents hold

1,173 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)46%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)33%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month58%
+53%

Jobs based in Paint, 2013 → 2023: 833 → 1,276. 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.

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