Work & commute · Swan Creek

Work & commute in Swan Creek, OH

Most working residents leave Swan Creek for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Toledo (18%), Swanton (6%) and Wauseon (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

235 of 3,833 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 3,598 Swan Creek residents head out of town to work, 235 work right here, and 1,044 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swan Creek.

3,598live here, work elsewhere

235live and work here

1,044work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swan Creek goes to work

Toledo21 mi away

18%684

Swanton4.7 mi away

6%225

Wauseon9.9 mi away

5%186

Maumee14.7 mi away

5%176

Sylvania16.1 mi away

4%135

Delta4.7 mi away

3%124

Springfield12.5 mi away

3%117

Napoleon13.2 mi away

3%107

Perrysburg15.8 mi away

3%104

Perrysburg19.2 mi away

3%96

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,879

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

How far

How far Swan Creek commutes

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

24%

53%

16%

24%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swan Creek is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Swan Creek are

1,279 jobs are based in Swan Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Swan Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Swan Creek

1,279 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Swan Creek residents hold

3,833 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+11%

Jobs based in Swan Creek, 2013 → 2023: 1,153 → 1,279. 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.