Work & commute · Waterville

Work & commute in Waterville, OH

Most working residents leave Waterville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Toledo (24%), Maumee (7%) and Whitehouse (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

263 of 3,396 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,133 Waterville residents head out of town to work, 263 work right here, and 2,357 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waterville.

3,133live here, work elsewhere

263live and work here

2,357work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waterville goes to work

Toledo15 mi away

24%831

Maumee7.5 mi away

7%247

Whitehouse1.4 mi away

6%218

Perrysburg7.4 mi away

5%158

Sylvania13.4 mi away

4%133

Bowling Green11.1 mi away

3%116

Springfield8.3 mi away

3%106

Waterville2.2 mi away

3%105

Perrysburg10.5 mi away

3%91

Monclova4.4 mi away

2%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,311

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

How far

How far Waterville commutes

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

34%

45%

16%

34%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waterville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Waterville are

2,620 jobs are based in Waterville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waterville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waterville

2,620 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Waterville residents hold

3,396 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+44%

Jobs based in Waterville, 2013 → 2023: 1,816 → 2,620. 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.