With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Findlay works elsewhere
73 jobs are based in Findlay, and 298 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Findlay; the top destination outside it is Decatur (21%, 25 miles). The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average; Illinois averages 28, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Findlay
Findlay’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Findlay is Decatur, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (63) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Findlay is a place people come home to
There are 73 jobs based in Findlay, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Findlay has about 430 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 298 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Findlay
About 29% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily commute in and out of Findlay
On a workday 291 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Findlay on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Findlay: the destinations
Where Findlay clocks in
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Findlay’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Findlay, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 73. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Findlay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Findlay: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Findlay workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 249 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Findlay: questions
What is the median household income in Findlay?
$55,417 (±$19,171) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Findlay?
20.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Findlay?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Findlay work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Decatur (21%, 25 mi), Moweaqua (8%, 16 mi), Mattoon (5%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Findlay without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Findlay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Findlay
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.