Work & commute · Westminster

Work & commute in Westminster, OH

Most working residents leave Westminster for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lima (22%), Bath (11%) and Shawnee (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 198 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 192 Westminster residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 230 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westminster.

192live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

230work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westminster goes to work

Lima7.7 mi away

22%44

Bath6.6 mi away

11%22

Shawnee10.3 mi away

5%9

Wapakoneta14.7 mi away

4%7

Columbus71.8 mi away

3%6

Perry3.9 mi away

3%6

Westminster (in town)right here

3%6

Sidney30.2 mi away

3%5

Auglaize2.5 mi away

3%5

American11.5 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%83

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

How far

How far Westminster commutes

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

56%

14%

11%

19%

56%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westminster is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Westminster are

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

Jobs based in Westminster

236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)94%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Westminster residents hold

198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+14%

Jobs based in Westminster, 2013 → 2023: 207 → 236. 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.