Work & commute · Ruggles

Work & commute in Ruggles, OH

Most working residents leave Ruggles for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ashland (29%), Montgomery (3%) and Wellington (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 380 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

48%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 374 Ruggles residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ruggles.

374live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ruggles goes to work

Ashland11.6 mi away

29%109

Montgomery11.8 mi away

3%12

Wellington11.9 mi away

3%11

Wooster27.7 mi away

3%10

Mansfield19.6 mi away

3%10

Medina27.8 mi away

2%8

Ontario21.6 mi away

2%8

Columbus78.6 mi away

2%8

Cleveland48.1 mi away

2%8

Norwalk19 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%189

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

How far

How far Ruggles commutes

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

12%

48%

22%

17%

12%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ruggles is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.18 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ruggles are

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

Jobs based in Ruggles

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Ruggles residents hold

380 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+119%

Jobs based in Ruggles, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 70. 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.