Photo: Nyttend · Public domainCatawba has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
A typical one-way commute lasts 22 minutes; Ohio averages 23, the U.S. 26. Employers in Catawba report 29 jobs for 99 working residents. Only 1% stay in Catawba for work; outside it, Springfield is the main destination (22%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Catawba
On a workday 98 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Catawba on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Out of Catawba to work: where people go
Where Catawba clocks in
22% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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 Catawba: what the 29 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Catawba, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 29. 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 Catawba’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way, about the OH average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Catawba workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 131 commuters (the 10% 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.
Half of Catawba commutes less than 15 miles
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 Catawba: questions
What is the median household income in Catawba?
$68,500 (±$25,490) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Catawba?
7.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Catawba?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Catawba work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (22%, 10 mi), London (8%, 12 mi), Dayton (5%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Catawba without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Catawba, from the people who make the trip.
More of Catawba
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.