Photo: Nyttend · Public domainCaledonia has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Caledonia itself; outside it, Marion draws the most (18%, 8 miles). Employers in Caledonia report 43 jobs, against 243 working residents. For 2% of workers, the job is at home; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Caledonia in brief
Caledonia and Marion trade workers both ways
Marion is the top workplace for Caledonia residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Caledonia come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Caledonia is a place people come home to
There are 43 jobs based in Caledonia, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Caledonia has about 360 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Caledonia workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 243 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Caledonia to work: where people go
Where Caledonia clocks in
18% of workers
17% of workers
9% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Caledonia
On a workday 243 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Caledonia 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.
Getting to work from Caledonia takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Caledonia workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 171 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.
Most jobs in Caledonia are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Caledonia, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 43. 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 Caledonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Caledonia to work
About 16% 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 Caledonia: questions
What is the median household income in Caledonia?
$69,792 (±$29,184) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Caledonia?
18.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Caledonia?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Caledonia work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion (18%, 8 mi), Marion Township (17%, 9 mi), Columbus (9%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Caledonia 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 Caledonia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Caledonia
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.