Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of College Corner works elsewhere
Commuters spend 35 minutes getting to work on average; Ohio averages 23, the U.S. 26. College Corner has 31 jobs; 146 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in College Corner itself; outside it, Oxford draws the most (15%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
College Corner by day and by night
On a workday 145 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in College Corner 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.
Commuting out of College Corner: the destinations
Where College Corner clocks in
15% of workers
10% 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.
What College Corner’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in College Corner, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 31. 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 College Corner’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long College Corner spends getting to work: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of College Corner workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 180 commuters (the 8% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from College Corner
About 18% 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.
The towns around College Corner
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | College Corner workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College Corner | – | — | — | 35 min | $53,224 |
| Israel Township | under 2% | B | B− | 29 min | $69,630 |
| Oxford Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Oxford Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of College Corner’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 College Corner: questions
What is the median household income in College Corner?
$53,224 (±$9,026) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in College Corner?
28.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from College Corner?
35 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in College Corner work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oxford (15%, 6 mi), Eaton (10%, 16 mi), Richmond (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around College Corner without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 19% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from College Corner, from the people who make the trip.
More of College Corner
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.