Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 1.9 jobs in Baltic for every working resident, and 675 people commute in
Only 5% work in Baltic itself; outside it, Sugarcreek draws the most (14%, 5 miles). Employers in Baltic report 692 jobs, against 355 working residents. Home is the office for 4% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Baltic, in brief
Baltic is where the jobs are
Baltic has 692 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,200 people are in town, 40% more than the 850 who live here. Day and night ↓
Baltic makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Baltic are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Baltic residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 45%. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
36% of the jobs based in Baltic are held by workers 29 or younger, against 33% of Baltic’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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 355 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Baltic: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 338 residents head out to work and 17 work right here.
About 1,200 people are in Baltic on a workday afternoon, 40% more than live here.
1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Goods, not services: 43% of the jobs in Baltic
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baltic, 2013 → 2023: 642 → 692. 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 Baltic’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Baltic, and from where
Where Baltic clocks in
14% of workers
12% of workers
7% 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.
Getting to work from Baltic takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baltic workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 331 commuters (the 4% 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.
How far Baltic’s workers travel
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.
Around Baltic: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Baltic workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltic | – | — | — | 18 min | $66,071 |
| Clark Township | 4% | A− | B+ | 23 min | $71,346 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Clark Township. Darker towns draw more of Baltic’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Baltic: questions
What is the median household income in Baltic?
$66,071 (±$10,853) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baltic?
7.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baltic?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baltic work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sugarcreek (14%, 5 mi), Walnut Creek Township (12%, 8 mi), Berlin (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Baltic without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Baltic, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baltic
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.