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Work & commute · St. Joseph

Work & commute in St. Joseph, OH

Most working residents leave St. Joseph for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Edgerton (15%), Bryan (15%) and Butler (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
18%
223 of 1,271 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
1%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,048 St. Joseph residents head out of town to work, 223 work right here, and 732 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Joseph.

1,048live here, work elsewhere
223live and work here
732work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where St. Joseph goes to work

ButlerAngolaEdonEdgertonHicksvilleMontpelierBryanDefianceTroySuperiorCenterSt. JosephNorthwestPulaskiMilfordFlorenceEdgertonBryanButlerHicksvilleMontpelierAngolaEdonCenterDefianceSt. Joseph
1
Edgerton1.7 mi away
15%194
2
Bryan9.9 mi away
15%189
3
Butler, IN7.6 mi away
4%53
4
Hicksville12.4 mi away
3%41
5
Montpelier10.9 mi away
3%41
6
Angola, IN18.4 mi away
3%32
7
Edon6 mi away
3%32
8
Center5.4 mi away
3%32
9
St. Joseph (in town)right here
2%29
10
Defiance23.5 mi away
2%27
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%601

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

How far

How far St. Joseph commutes

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

34%Under 10 mi
39%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

St. Joseph is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Joseph are

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

Jobs based in St. Joseph

955 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)37%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)41%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs St. Joseph residents hold

1,271 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)39%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)42%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month58%
−4%

Jobs based in St. Joseph, 2013 → 2023: 998 → 955. 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.

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