Work & commute · Pioneer

Work & commute in Pioneer, OH

Most working residents leave Pioneer for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Bryan (13%), Montpelier (9%) and Holiday City (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

71 of 679 working residents

Typical commute

14 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 608 Pioneer residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 703 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pioneer.

608live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

703work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pioneer goes to work

Bryan14.4 mi away

13%89

Pioneer (in town)right here

10%71

Montpelier6.9 mi away

9%61

Holiday City4 mi away

7%49

Archbold17 mi away

5%32

West Unity8.8 mi away

4%25

Madison2 mi away

3%23

Toledo50 mi away

2%16

Fayette11.5 mi away

2%12

Defiance29.1 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%289

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

How far

How far Pioneer commutes

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

38%

32%

11%

18%

38%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pioneer is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pioneer are

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

Jobs based in Pioneer

774 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Pioneer residents hold

679 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+15%

Jobs based in Pioneer, 2013 → 2023: 672 → 774. 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.