Work & commute · Richland

Work & commute in Richland, OH

Most working residents leave Richland for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Bluffton (23%), Lima (12%) and Bath (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

421 of 2,205 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,784 Richland residents head out of town to work, 421 work right here, and 1,737 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richland.

1,784live here, work elsewhere

421live and work here

1,737work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richland goes to work

Bluffton3 mi away

23%498

Lima12.8 mi away

12%269

Bath8.2 mi away

5%105

Ottawa11.6 mi away

3%67

Shawnee17.4 mi away

3%65

Ada9.1 mi away

3%63

Columbus78.9 mi away

3%57

American14.3 mi away

2%50

Findlay19.8 mi away

2%42

Beaverdam3.2 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%961

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

How far

How far Richland commutes

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

37%

33%

22%

37%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Richland are

2,158 jobs are based in Richland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Richland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Richland

2,158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Richland residents hold

2,205 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−11%

Jobs based in Richland, 2013 → 2023: 2,431 → 2,158. 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.