Photo: Public domain · Public domainThere are 2.7 jobs in Beaverdam for every working resident, and 359 people commute in
0% of workers have no commute at all, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Employers in Beaverdam report 362 jobs; 135 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Beaverdam itself; outside it, Lima draws the most (22%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Beaverdam
On a workday 132 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 540 people are in Beaverdam on a workday afternoon, 73% more than live here.
2.7 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.
Where Beaverdam’s workers come from
Where Beaverdam clocks in
22% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Beaverdam: what the 362 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beaverdam, 2013 → 2023: 390 → 362. 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 Beaverdam’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 15 minutes in Beaverdam
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beaverdam workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 265 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where in the region Beaverdam works
About 22% 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 Beaverdam: questions
What is the median household income in Beaverdam?
$86,964 (±$24,447) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beaverdam?
12.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beaverdam?
15 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beaverdam work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lima (22%, 10 mi), Bath Township (10%, 5 mi), Bluffton (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Beaverdam without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beaverdam, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beaverdam
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.