Work & commute · Shawnee

Work & commute in Shawnee, OH

Most working residents leave Shawnee for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Lima (25%), American (8%) and Bath (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

723 of 5,587 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 4,864 Shawnee residents head out of town to work, 723 work right here, and 4,907 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shawnee.

4,864live here, work elsewhere

723live and work here

4,907work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shawnee goes to work

Lima4.6 mi away

25%1,415

Shawnee (in town)right here

9%505

American5.4 mi away

8%431

Bath9.2 mi away

5%285

Fort Shawnee1.2 mi away

4%218

Wapakoneta8.8 mi away

2%139

Columbus79.2 mi away

2%130

Perry6.9 mi away

2%129

St. Marys15.3 mi away

1%77

Findlay37.1 mi away

1%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,182

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

How far

How far Shawnee commutes

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

58%

14%

19%

58%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shawnee is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shawnee are

5,630 jobs are based in Shawnee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shawnee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shawnee

5,630 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Shawnee residents hold

5,587 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+41%

Jobs based in Shawnee, 2013 → 2023: 3,983 → 5,630. 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.