Work & commute · Recovery

Work & commute in Recovery, OH

Most working residents leave Recovery for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Recovery (14%), Coldwater (9%) and Celina (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

116 of 778 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 662 Recovery residents head out of town to work, 116 work right here, and 1,106 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Recovery.

662live here, work elsewhere

116live and work here

1,106work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Recovery goes to work

Fort Recovery2.6 mi away

14%110

Recovery (in town)right here

10%75

Coldwater6.4 mi away

9%70

Celina12.4 mi away

7%57

St. Henry5.9 mi away

7%56

New Bremen19.1 mi away

3%24

Maria Stein14 mi away

3%20

Gibson4.2 mi away

2%17

Washington4.8 mi away

2%16

Granville6.1 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%318

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

How far

How far Recovery commutes

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

49%

27%

18%

49%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Recovery is a job hub

1.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Recovery are

1,222 jobs are based in Recovery. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Recovery’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Recovery

1,222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Recovery residents hold

778 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−4%

Jobs based in Recovery, 2013 → 2023: 1,272 → 1,222. 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.