Photo: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 2.5Jobs and earnings in Bolivar, and the trip to work
Home is the office for 3% of workers; Ohio has 13%. Only 3% stay in Bolivar for work; outside it, Dover is the main destination (12%, 9 miles). The average commute takes 23 minutes each way; Ohio averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Bolivar
The better-paid jobs are outside Bolivar
58% of Bolivar residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Bolivar pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Few Bolivar workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
32% of the jobs based in Bolivar are held by workers 29 or younger, against 19% of Bolivar’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 386 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Bolivar
447 jobs are based in Bolivar.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bolivar, 2013 → 2023: 232 → 447. 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 Bolivar’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes to work from Bolivar
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bolivar workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 460 commuters (the 3% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 373 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 434 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).
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 Bolivar goes to work
Where Bolivar clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
Where in the region Bolivar works
About 17% 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.
Around Bolivar: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bolivar workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolivar | – | — | — | 23 min | $69,375 |
| Lawrence Township | 3% | A− | C | 24 min | $81,402 |
| Bethlehem Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 21 min | $71,161 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lawrence Township. Darker towns draw more of Bolivar’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 Bolivar: questions
What is the median household income in Bolivar?
$69,375 (±$21,237) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bolivar?
5.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bolivar?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bolivar work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dover (12%, 9 mi), Canton (11%, 12 mi), New Philadelphia (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bolivar without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bolivar, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bolivar
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.