Work & commute · Ridgeville

Work & commute in Ridgeville, OH

Most working residents leave Ridgeville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Napoleon (18%), Archbold (11%) and Wauseon (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 519 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 494 Ridgeville residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 854 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridgeville.

494live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

854work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridgeville goes to work

Napoleon9.2 mi away

18%95

Archbold4.2 mi away

11%56

Wauseon10.1 mi away

8%43

Defiance12.8 mi away

7%37

Bryan13.6 mi away

5%25

Ridgeville (in town)right here

3%18

Napoleon7.7 mi away

3%17

Toledo39.1 mi away

2%12

Columbus122.3 mi away

2%8

Harrison12.6 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%200

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

How far

How far Ridgeville commutes

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

43%

31%

13%

43%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridgeville is a job hub

1.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridgeville are

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

Jobs based in Ridgeville

879 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Ridgeville residents hold

519 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+20%

Jobs based in Ridgeville, 2013 → 2023: 730 → 879. 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.