82% of Tiffin Township’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave Tiffin Township for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are West Union (16%), Columbus (5%) and Seaman (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.
The short version on getting to work from Tiffin Township
Tiffin Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Tiffin Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tiffin Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Half of Tiffin Township commutes less than 28 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 35% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 1,216 residents head out to work, 272 work right here, and 1,625 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
16% of working residents work in West Union
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Tiffin Township clocks in
16% of workers
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 1,897 jobs in Tiffin Township are
1,897 jobs are based in Tiffin Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tiffin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tiffin Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,417 → 1,897. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Tiffin Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Liberty Township (3%). Darker towns draw more of Tiffin Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Tiffin Township
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tiffin Township, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.