Work & commute · St. Marys

Work & commute in St. Marys, OH

About one in 4 of St. Marys’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are St. Marys (23%), New Bremen (9%) and Celina (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

1,216 of 5,330 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 4,114 St. Marys residents head out of town to work, 1,216 work right here, and 3,189 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Marys.

4,114live here, work elsewhere

1,216live and work here

3,189work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Marys goes to work

St. Marys2.2 mi away

23%1,241

New Bremen5.7 mi away

9%466

Celina8.8 mi away

7%384

Wapakoneta11.6 mi away

4%224

Minster8.5 mi away

4%206

Lima21.7 mi away

3%184

St. Marys (in town)right here

2%120

Sidney20 mi away

2%108

Columbus83.3 mi away

2%108

Jefferson8.7 mi away

2%101

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,188

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

How far

How far St. Marys commutes

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

48%

28%

19%

48%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Marys is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Marys are

4,405 jobs are based in St. Marys. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Marys’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. Marys

4,405 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs St. Marys residents hold

5,330 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+6%

Jobs based in St. Marys, 2013 → 2023: 4,158 → 4,405. 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.