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Work & commute in Russells Point · A commuter town

94% of Russells Point’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Russells Point for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Bellefontaine (13%), Washington (5%) and Allen (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Work in town
6%
36 of 563 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
21 min
Less than OH (23 min)
Work from home
4%
Less than OH (13%)
Jobs based here
314
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Russells Point?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

13% of working residents work in Bellefontaine

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

LakeviewRussells PointBellefontaine: 72 residents work here (13%)LimaMarysville: 16 residents work here (3%)Columbus: 25 residents work here (4%)Jackson: 15 residents work here (3%)Washington: 26 residents work here (5%)McArthurJeffersonFranklin: 16 residents work here (3%)RichlandStokes: 16 residents work here (3%)Allen: 26 residents work here (5%)Perry: 18 residents work here (3%)Chippewa ParkBellefontaineWashingtonAllenColumbusPerryMarysvilleRussells Point
1
Bellefontaine10 mi away
13%72
2
Russells Point (in town)right here
6%36
3
Washington3.4 mi away
5%26
4
Allen26.3 mi away
5%26
5
Columbus58.3 mi away
4%25
6
Perry18.9 mi away
3%18
7
Marysville33.6 mi away
3%16
8
Franklin16.7 mi away
3%16
9
Stokes2.9 mi away
3%16
10
Jackson9.2 mi away
3%15
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%297
The top trips

Where Russells Point clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Russells Point quiets down on a workday

On a workday 527 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 278 people come in from elsewhere.

527live here, work elsewhere
36live and work here
278work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,400
Workday1,100
1,400live here− 530head out to work+ 280come in to work= 1,100on a workday

About 1,100 people are in Russells Point on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.56jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Russells Point commutes less than 21 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi70 miBellefontaine: 13% · 10 miWashington: 5% · 3.4 miAllen: 5% · 26.3 miColumbus: 4% · 58.3 miPerry: 3% · 18.9 miMarysville: 3% · 33.6 miFranklin: 3% · 16.7 miStokes: 3% · 2.9 miJackson: 3% · 9.2 miBellefontaine 13%Washington 5%Allen 5%Columbus 4%Perry 3%Russells Point
Russells PointTop destinations (size = commuters)
29%Under 10 mi161 residents
33%10–24 mi188 residents
18%25–50 mi103 residents
20%Over 50 mi110 residents

About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 314 jobs in Russells Point are

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

Jobs based in Russells PointJobs Russells Point residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms3%26%
Trade, transport & utilities26%23%
Services: health, schools, offices71%50%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less46%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%26%
Over $3,333 a month27%57%

Who does it

29 or younger51%23%
30 to 5429%52%
55 and older19%25%
+11%

Jobs based in Russells Point, 2013 → 2023: 284 → 314. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Ohio

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
158 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Russells Point21 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
4%

of Russells Point workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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