Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Gibsonburg commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Gibsonburg report 516 jobs; 1,143 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Gibsonburg is better than 63% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (B). About one in ten work in Gibsonburg; the top destination outside it is Fremont (8%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Gibsonburg in brief
The better-paid jobs are outside Gibsonburg
58% of Gibsonburg residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Gibsonburg pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 91% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Gibsonburg than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Gibsonburg fell from 698 in 2014 to 516 in 2024, −26%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Gibsonburg’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Gibsonburg’s grade up (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gibsonburg could be anywhere from C to A.
Jobs in Gibsonburg: what the 516 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gibsonburg, 2014 → 2024: 698 → 516. 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 Gibsonburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Gibsonburg: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,041 residents head out to work, 102 work right here, and 414 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Gibsonburg on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Gibsonburg’s working residents head each day
Where Gibsonburg clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
Gibsonburg’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gibsonburg workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,060 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.
Miles to work from Gibsonburg
About 21% 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.
Driving is how Gibsonburg gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,177 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). 7.6% of Gibsonburg households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gibsonburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300, Gibsonburg comes 1,602nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,600 | Oxford Township NJ | 2,469 | $103K | 4.8% | 6.3% | 5% | B |
| 1,601 | Pleasant Township OH | 2,333 | $73K | 7.7% | 1.5% | 5% | B |
| 1,602 | Gibsonburg OH | 2,462 | $75K | 10.6% | 2.3% | 9% | B |
| 1,603 | Leicester NY | 2,064 | $80K | 2.8% | 4.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,604 | Sevastopol WI | 2,835 | $89K | 8.1% | 1.4% | 11% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Gibsonburg, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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 Gibsonburg: questions
What is the median household income in Gibsonburg?
$75,278 (±$16,084) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gibsonburg?
10.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gibsonburg?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gibsonburg work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fremont (8%, 11 mi), Toledo (7%, 23 mi), Bowling Green (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Gibsonburg walkable?
Gibsonburg is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gibsonburg 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 Gibsonburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gibsonburg
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. 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.