Work & commute · Whetstone

Work & commute in Whetstone, OH

Most working residents leave Whetstone for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bucyrus (17%), Columbus (9%) and Galion (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 828 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 817 Whetstone residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 146 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whetstone.

817live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

146work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whetstone goes to work

Bucyrus4 mi away

17%141

Columbus54.2 mi away

9%78

Galion7.2 mi away

6%49

Mansfield20 mi away

4%37

Marion16.1 mi away

3%26

Marion16.1 mi away

3%23

Jefferson5.3 mi away

2%20

Ontario15.6 mi away

2%17

Shelby15.6 mi away

2%14

Holmes9.4 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%409

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

How far

How far Whetstone commutes

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

34%

26%

14%

26%

34%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whetstone is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whetstone are

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

Jobs based in Whetstone

157 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Whetstone residents hold

828 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−48%

Jobs based in Whetstone, 2013 → 2023: 303 → 157. 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.