Work & commute · Van Buren

Work & commute in Van Buren, OH

Most working residents leave Van Buren for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Findlay (32%), Liberty (8%) and Allen (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 163 working residents

Typical commute

8 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 163 Van Buren residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Van Buren.

163live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Van Buren goes to work

Findlay6.4 mi away

32%52

Liberty8.2 mi away

8%13

Allen0.8 mi away

7%11

McComb7.5 mi away

5%8

Columbus87 mi away

4%6

Toledo36.5 mi away

3%5

Bowling Green16.5 mi away

2%4

Perrysburg27.6 mi away

2%3

Bluffton21.1 mi away

1%2

Fostoria12.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%57

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

How far

How far Van Buren commutes

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

53%

10%

15%

21%

53%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Van Buren is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Van Buren are

133 jobs are based in Van Buren. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Van Buren’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Van Buren

133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Van Buren residents hold

163 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

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Jobs based in Van Buren, 2013 → 2023: 133 → 133. 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.