Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Earning a living in Killbuck
For 2% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Ohio. Only 5% work in Killbuck; the top destination outside it is Millersburg (12%, 5 miles). A typical one-way commute from Killbuck lasts 19 minutes (Ohio 23, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Killbuck in brief
Killbuck makes and builds things
57% of the jobs based in Killbuck are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Killbuck residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 34%. The jobs ↓
Few Killbuck workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 355 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Killbuck works in goods: 57% of its jobs
326 jobs are based in Killbuck.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Killbuck, 2013 → 2023: 230 → 326. 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 Killbuck’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Killbuck’s commute takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Killbuck workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 593 commuters (the 2% 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 a workday changes Killbuck
On a workday 339 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 310 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).
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 towns that employ Killbuck’s residents
Where Killbuck clocks in
12% 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.
Half of Killbuck commutes less than 13 miles
About 19% 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 Killbuck: questions
What is the median household income in Killbuck?
$78,125 (±$22,464) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Killbuck?
10.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Killbuck?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Killbuck work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Millersburg (12%, 5 mi), Wooster (8%, 22 mi), Columbus (6%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Killbuck 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 Killbuck, from the people who make the trip.
More of Killbuck
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.