Work & commute · Wauseon

Work & commute in Wauseon, OH

About one in 3 of Wauseon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Archbold (9%), Napoleon (6%) and Toledo (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

1,009 of 3,462 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,453 Wauseon residents head out of town to work, 1,009 work right here, and 3,525 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wauseon.

2,453live here, work elsewhere

1,009live and work here

3,525work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wauseon goes to work

Wauseon (in town)right here

29%1,009

Archbold8.9 mi away

9%319

Napoleon10.8 mi away

6%194

Toledo29.8 mi away

6%194

York4.9 mi away

3%103

Defiance22.2 mi away

2%74

Columbus124 mi away

2%70

Delta6.4 mi away

2%61

Bowling Green28.2 mi away

2%52

Sylvania23.7 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,343

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

How far

How far Wauseon commutes

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

48%

22%

13%

16%

48%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wauseon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wauseon are

4,534 jobs are based in Wauseon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wauseon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wauseon

4,534 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Wauseon residents hold

3,462 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

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Jobs based in Wauseon, 2013 → 2023: 4,544 → 4,534. 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.