Work & commute · Wayne

Work & commute in Wayne, OH

Most working residents leave Wayne for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lima (13%), Wapakoneta (8%) and Waynesfield (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 684 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 655 Wayne residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wayne.

655live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

164work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wayne goes to work

Lima12.8 mi away

13%89

Wapakoneta13.4 mi away

8%56

Waynesfield1.7 mi away

4%25

Jackson Center13.2 mi away

4%25

St. Marys24 mi away

3%20

Columbus66.3 mi away

3%20

Shawnee13.3 mi away

3%19

American16.6 mi away

3%18

Sidney25 mi away

2%17

Goshen3.5 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%378

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

How far

How far Wayne commutes

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

14%

53%

13%

20%

14%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wayne is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wayne are

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

Jobs based in Wayne

193 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Wayne residents hold

684 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−9%

Jobs based in Wayne, 2013 → 2023: 213 → 193. 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.