Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHaviland draws 347 commuters a day, with 5.3 jobs for every working resident
About one in ten work in Haviland; the top destination outside it is Van Wert (16%, 11 miles). There are 354 jobs in Haviland; 67 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 11 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
The workday shuffle in and out of Haviland
On a workday 60 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 450 people are in Haviland on a workday afternoon, 182% more 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.
Where the people who work in Haviland live
Where Haviland clocks in
16% 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.
In Haviland, 37% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Haviland, 2013 → 2023: 330 → 354. 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 Haviland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Haviland, about 11 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Haviland workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 69 commuters (the 14% 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.
The commute from Haviland, by distance
About 15% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 3% of Haviland workers work outside Ohio. The job records count 15% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Haviland: questions
What is the median household income in Haviland?
$74,500 (±$22,520) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Haviland?
11.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Haviland?
11 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Haviland work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Van Wert (16%, 11 mi), Fort Wayne (10%, 30 mi), Brown Township (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Haviland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Haviland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Haviland
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.