With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Iberia works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Iberia itself; outside it, Mansfield draws the most (8%, 17 miles). 61 jobs are based in Iberia, and 180 of its residents work somewhere. 54% of workers work from home; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Iberia for work, and who comes in
On a workday 180 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Iberia on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 Iberia: the destinations
Where Iberia clocks in
8% of workers
8% 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.
Iberia makes things: 61% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Iberia, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 61. 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 Iberia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Iberia spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Iberia workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 116 commuters (the 54% 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.
Half of Iberia commutes less than 18 miles
About 17% 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.
Around Iberia: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Iberia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iberia | – | — | — | 29 min | $80,179 |
| Tully Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Tully Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Iberia’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Iberia: questions
What is the median household income in Iberia?
$80,179 (±$65,903) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Iberia?
13.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Iberia?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 54% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Iberia work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mansfield (8%, 17 mi), Columbus (8%, 49 mi), Galion (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Iberia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Iberia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Iberia
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.