Work & commute · Paulding

Work & commute in Paulding, OH

About one in 5 of Paulding’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Paulding (16%), Defiance (7%) and Fort Wayne (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

387 of 1,840 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,453 Paulding residents head out of town to work, 387 work right here, and 1,450 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paulding.

1,453live here, work elsewhere

387live and work here

1,450work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paulding goes to work

Paulding2.6 mi away

16%290

Defiance17.4 mi away

7%134

Fort Wayne, IN27 mi away

7%122

Paulding (in town)right here

5%101

Van Wert18.1 mi away

4%70

Jackson5.3 mi away

3%56

Brown12.4 mi away

3%54

Milan, IN16.7 mi away

2%39

Haviland7.7 mi away

2%36

Payne6.1 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%906

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

How far

How far Paulding commutes

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

35%

28%

16%

21%

35%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paulding is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Paulding are

1,837 jobs are based in Paulding. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Paulding’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Paulding

1,837 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Paulding residents hold

1,840 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+9%

Jobs based in Paulding, 2013 → 2023: 1,680 → 1,837. 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.