Work & commute · Waterville

Work & commute in Waterville, OH

Most working residents leave Waterville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Toledo (24%), Maumee (8%) and Perrysburg (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

145 of 2,929 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,784 Waterville residents head out of town to work, 145 work right here, and 1,523 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waterville.

2,784live here, work elsewhere

145live and work here

1,523work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waterville goes to work

Toledo13.8 mi away

24%695

Maumee6.2 mi away

8%234

Waterville (in town)right here

5%145

Perrysburg5.4 mi away

5%137

Bowling Green9.7 mi away

4%125

Sylvania13.3 mi away

4%112

Monclova4.4 mi away

3%98

Perrysburg8.4 mi away

3%95

Sylvania14.5 mi away

3%81

Springfield8.1 mi away

3%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,126

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.

38%

40%

17%

38%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waterville is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waterville are

1,668 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

1,668 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Waterville residents hold

2,929 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+32%

Jobs based in Waterville, 2013 → 2023: 1,264 → 1,668. 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.