Work & commute · West Unity

Work & commute in West Unity, OH

Most working residents leave West Unity for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Bryan (17%), Montpelier (11%) and Archbold (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 843 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 796 West Unity residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 908 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Unity.

796live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

908work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Unity goes to work

Bryan10.2 mi away

17%141

Montpelier8.3 mi away

11%89

Archbold8.2 mi away

8%67

Holiday City6.1 mi away

6%50

West Unity (in town)right here

6%47

Pioneer8.8 mi away

4%30

Wauseon15.2 mi away

3%27

Jefferson4.7 mi away

3%23

Defiance21.5 mi away

2%21

Toledo44.1 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%333

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

How far

How far West Unity commutes

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

52%

21%

10%

17%

52%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Unity is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Unity are

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

Jobs based in West Unity

955 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs West Unity residents hold

843 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+10%

Jobs based in West Unity, 2013 → 2023: 871 → 955. 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.