Photo: formulanone from Huntsville, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0At 1.4%, unemployment in Celina is lower than in 91% of U.S. towns
For 2% of workers, the job is at home, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole. The two grades for Celina are B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in four stay in Celina for work; outside it, Jefferson Township is the main destination (8%, 0 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Celina apart
Celina trades workers with the towns around it
Celina has about as many jobs (5,872) as working residents (4,996), but they are mostly different people: 3,720 residents leave for work each day while 4,596 people come in. Only 22% of the jobs in Celina are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Celina workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Celina’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Celina is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #563 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Celina’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($62,849, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Celina could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
How many people are in Celina by day
On a workday 3,720 residents head out to work, 1,276 work right here, and 4,596 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 (1.18 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.
Getting to work from Celina takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Celina workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,402 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.
Where Celina goes to work
Where Celina clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
In Celina, 32% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
5,872 jobs are based in Celina.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Celina, 2013 → 2023: 5,481 → 5,872. 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 Celina’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Celina goes to work
About 19% 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.
Few in Celina walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Celina is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #287 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Celina near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,531 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.8% of Celina households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Celina’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Celina ranks: 1,398th of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 5 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,396 | Fondulac Township IL | 12,154 | $74K | 11.5% | 4.4% | 11% | B |
| 1,397 | Jefferson LA | 9,703 | $57K | 16.5% | 2.7% | 9% | B |
| 1,398 | Celina OH | 10,936 | $63K | 11.4% | 1.4% | 26% | B− |
| 1,399 | Halfway MD | 10,849 | $71K | 10.5% | 4.0% | 5% | B− |
| 1,400 | Wallington NJ | 12,092 | $86K | 12.2% | 8.3% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Celina, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Celina and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Celina workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celina | – | B− | B | 19 min | $62,849 |
| Center Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 18 min | $83,036 |
| Jefferson Township | 8% | B | B | 19 min | $70,128 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Jefferson Township. Darker towns draw more of Celina’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 Celina: questions
What is the median household income in Celina?
$62,849 (±$11,017) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Celina?
11.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Celina?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Celina work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jefferson Township (8%, 0 mi), Coldwater (8%, 6 mi), St. Marys (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Celina walkable?
Celina is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Celina without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Celina, from the people who make the trip.
More of Celina
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.