With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Gomer works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Gomer; the top destination outside it is Lima (17%, 8 miles). There are 30 jobs in Gomer, and 145 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 0% of workers (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Gomer on a workday afternoon
On a workday 144 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 33 people are in Gomer on a workday afternoon, 78% 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 Gomer: the destinations
Where Gomer clocks in
17% of workers
14% of workers
7% 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 Gomer: what the 30 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gomer, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 30. 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 Gomer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Gomer
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gomer workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 98 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Gomer
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.
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 Gomer: questions
What is the median household income in Gomer?
$70,000 (±$25,128) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gomer?
10.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gomer?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gomer work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lima (17%, 8 mi), American Township (14%, 5 mi), Bath Township (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gomer without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gomer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gomer
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.