Work & commute · Pandora

Work & commute in Pandora, OH

Most working residents leave Pandora for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Findlay (10%), Ottawa (10%) and Lima (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 561 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 512 Pandora residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 357 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pandora.

512live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

357work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pandora goes to work

Findlay17.9 mi away

10%58

Ottawa6.7 mi away

10%54

Pandora (in town)right here

9%49

Lima16.4 mi away

9%48

Bluffton5 mi away

7%40

Blanchard6.6 mi away

4%24

Leipsic11.6 mi away

3%19

Allen20 mi away

2%13

Fort Wayne, IN62.8 mi away

2%11

Bath12.2 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%234

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

How far

How far Pandora commutes

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

35%

40%

19%

35%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pandora is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pandora are

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

Jobs based in Pandora

406 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Pandora residents hold

561 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+9%

Jobs based in Pandora, 2013 → 2023: 373 → 406. 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.