Photo: Nyttend · Public domainDexter City at work: jobs, income and the commute
Commuters spend 23 minutes getting to work on average, where Ohio has 23 and the U.S. 26. At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Ohio 13%). Only 2% work in Dexter City; the top destination outside it is Caldwell (11%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Dexter City: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 43 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Dexter City on a workday afternoon, 31% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The daily trip into Dexter City
Where Dexter City clocks in
11% of workers
11% 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.
87% of the jobs in Dexter City pay over $3,333 a month
69 jobs are based in Dexter City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dexter City, 2014 → 2024: 125 → 69. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dexter City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Dexter City
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dexter City workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36 commuters (the 0% 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.
How far Dexter City goes to work
About 30% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Dexter City: questions
What is the median household income in Dexter City?
$57,917 (±$29,446) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dexter City?
26.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dexter City?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dexter City work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Caldwell (11%, 7 mi), Marietta (11%, 16 mi), Olive Township (11%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Dexter City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dexter City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dexter City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.