Work & commute · Toledo

Work & commute in Toledo, OH

44% of Toledo’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Maumee (4%), Sylvania (4%) and Perrysburg (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

48,217 of 109,602 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 61,385 Toledo residents head out of town to work, 48,217 work right here, and 66,847 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Toledo.

61,385live here, work elsewhere

48,217live and work here

66,847work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Toledo goes to work

Toledo (in town)right here

44%48,217

Maumee7.6 mi away

4%4,350

Sylvania7.5 mi away

4%4,350

Perrysburg9.2 mi away

4%4,098

Sylvania7.4 mi away

3%2,976

Perrysburg9.2 mi away

2%2,696

Northwood6.3 mi away

2%2,604

Springfield8.4 mi away

2%2,550

Oregon7.4 mi away

2%2,056

Rossford6 mi away

2%2,009

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%33,696

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

How far

How far Toledo commutes

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

69%

18%

69%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Toledo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Toledo are

115,064 jobs are based in Toledo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Toledo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Toledo

115,064 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Toledo residents hold

109,602 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

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Jobs based in Toledo, 2013 → 2023: 115,056 → 115,064. 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.