Photo: Alvintrusty · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Alger commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
2% of workers have no commute at all, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole. Alger has 42 jobs, against 337 working residents. Hardly any stay in Alger for work; outside it, Lima is the main destination (9%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Alger apart
Alger is a place people come home to
There are 42 jobs based in Alger, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Alger has about 530 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Alger workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 337 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Alger on a workday
On a workday 334 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Alger on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Time on the road from Alger: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alger workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 251 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The towns that employ Alger’s residents
Where Alger clocks in
9% of workers
6% of workers
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 Alger’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alger, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 42. 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 Alger’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Alger
About 26% 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.
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 Alger: questions
What is the median household income in Alger?
$38,333 (±$7,334) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alger?
39.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alger?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alger work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lima (9%, 14 mi), Kenton (6%, 13 mi), Ada (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Alger without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alger, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alger
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.