Work & commute · Stony Prairie

Work & commute in Stony Prairie, OH

Most working residents leave Stony Prairie for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Fremont (26%), Clyde (6%) and Tiffin (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 515 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 471 Stony Prairie residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 1,330 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stony Prairie.

471live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

1,330work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stony Prairie goes to work

Fremont1.6 mi away

26%133

Stony Prairie (in town)right here

9%44

Clyde9.1 mi away

6%29

Tiffin16.2 mi away

3%17

Toledo31.4 mi away

3%16

Bellevue16.6 mi away

2%9

Columbus94.6 mi away

2%9

Norwalk28.7 mi away

2%8

Port Clinton15.4 mi away

1%7

Sandusky23.5 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%236

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

How far

How far Stony Prairie commutes

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

47%

17%

16%

20%

47%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stony Prairie is a job hub

2.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Stony Prairie are

1,374 jobs are based in Stony Prairie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stony Prairie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stony Prairie

1,374 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)86%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Stony Prairie residents hold

515 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+40%

Jobs based in Stony Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 982 → 1,374. 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.