Bladensburg has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Only 1% work in Bladensburg itself; outside it, Mount Vernon draws the most (22%, 13 miles). 13 jobs are based in Bladensburg; 67 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Bladensburg: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 66 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Bladensburg on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Bladensburg goes to work
Where Bladensburg clocks in
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.
Jobs in Bladensburg: what the 13 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bladensburg, 2014 → 2024: 54 → 13. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bladensburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bladensburg
of Bladensburg workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 111 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.
The distance from Bladensburg to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 2024, 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 Bladensburg: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bladensburg?
15.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bladensburg work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (22%, 13 mi), Newark (12%, 16 mi), Columbus (7%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bladensburg 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 Bladensburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bladensburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.