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Jobs & commute in Gordon

With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Gordon works elsewhere

27 jobs are based in Gordon; 102 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Gordon itself; outside it, Greenville draws the most (15%, 13 miles). The average commute takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

27 jobs based here
Household income
$71K
median · Ohio $71K
Poverty
9.0%
Ohio 13.3%
Unemployment
5.5%
Ohio 4.8% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
28 min
Ohio 23 · U.S. 26
Work in town
1%
1 of 102 working residents
Work from home
7%
Ohio 13% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

Gordon on a workday afternoon

On a workday 101 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.

101live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
26work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night240
Workday160
240live here− 100head out to work+ 26come in to work= 160on a workday

About 160 people are in Gordon on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.26jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Gordon: the destinations

Richmond: 3 residents work here (3%)IthacaGordonWayne LakesPleasant HillFort Loramie: 2 residents work here (2%)LewisburgArcanum: 6 residents work here (6%)Versailles: 4 residents work here (4%)Brookville: 2 residents work here (2%)Greenville: 15 residents work here (15%)Troy: 5 residents work here (5%)Kettering: 4 residents work here (4%)Hamilton: 3 residents work here (3%)Dayton: 5 residents work here (5%)Harrison TownshipTwin TownshipMonroe TownshipVan Buren TownshipGreenville TownshipGreenvilleArcanumTroyDaytonVersaillesKetteringGordon
1
Greenville13.4 mi away
15%15
2
Arcanum4.9 mi away
6%6
3
Troy17.1 mi away
5%5
4
Dayton19.2 mi away
5%5
5
Versailles20.2 mi away
4%4
6
Kettering25 mi away
4%4
7
Richmond, IN21.4 mi away
3%3
8
Hamilton37.2 mi away
3%3
9
Fort Loramie29.6 mi away
2%2
10
Brookville8 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%53
The top trips

Where Gordon clocks in

15% of workers
13.4 mi awayGreenville15 Gordon residents work here · Jobs & commute →
6% of workers
4.9 mi awayArcanum6 Gordon residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
17.1 mi awayTroy5 Gordon residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

The jobs

Goods jobs make up 56% of work in Gordon

Jobs based in GordonJobs Gordon residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms56%29%
Trade, transport & utilities0%19%
Services: health, schools, offices44%52%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less7%25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month7%28%
Over $3,333 a month85%47%

Who does it

29 or younger33%24%
30 to 5456%58%
55 and older11%19%
−10%

Jobs based in Gordon, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 27. 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 Gordon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Gordon’s commute takes about 28 minutes

A year of commuting
212 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Gordon28 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Gordon workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Gordon gets to work
96%Drive alone
4%Carpool

Share of the 112 commuters (the 7% 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

The distance from Gordon to work

10 mi25 mi45 miGreenville: 15% · 13.4 miArcanum: 6% · 4.9 miTroy: 5% · 17.1 miDayton: 5% · 19.2 miVersailles: 4% · 20.2 miKettering: 4% · 25 miRichmond: 3% · 21.4 miHamilton: 3% · 37.2 miFort Loramie: 2% · 29.6 miBrookville: 2% · 8 miGreenville 15%Arcanum 6%Troy 5%Dayton 5%Versailles 4%Gordon
GordonTop destinations (size = commuters)
15%Under 10 mi15 residents
57%10–24 mi58 residents
16%25–50 mi16 residents
13%Over 50 mi13 residents

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.

Next door

Work in the towns next to Gordon

Monroe Township: few work hereTwin Township: few work hereMonroe TownshipTwin TownshipGordon
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Monroe Township26 min
Gordon28 min
Twin Township31 min
Monroe Townshipunder 2% of GordonTwin Townshipunder 2% of Gordon

Jobs & commute next door

TownGordon workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Gordon–——28 min$71,250
Monroe Townshipunder 2%B+D26 min$80,997
Twin Townshipunder 2%B+C−31 min$72,891

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Gordon’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Gordon: questions

What is the median household income in Gordon?

$71,250 (±$45,127) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Gordon?

9.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Gordon?

28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Gordon work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (15%, 13 mi), Arcanum (6%, 5 mi), Troy (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Gordon without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Gordon, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Gordon

Gordon home →
$736median rent
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HandbookGetting around GordonRoads, buses, parking and the basics
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RankingsTop towns in OHShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.