Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs and earnings in McGuffey, and the trip to work
1% of workers work from home (Ohio 13%). Only 4% work in McGuffey itself; outside it, Lima draws the most (10%, 17 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 22 minutes, where Ohio has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of McGuffey, and who commutes in
On a workday 181 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in McGuffey on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.70 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 McGuffey: the destinations
Where McGuffey clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in McGuffey
132 jobs are based in McGuffey.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McGuffey, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 132. 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 McGuffey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from McGuffey takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McGuffey workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 147 commuters (the 1% 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.
McGuffey’s commute, mile by mile
About 20% 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 McGuffey: questions
What is the median household income in McGuffey?
$51,250 (±$11,389) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McGuffey?
16.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McGuffey?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McGuffey work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lima (10%, 17 mi), Kenton (9%, 10 mi), Columbus (5%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around McGuffey 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 McGuffey, from the people who make the trip.
More of McGuffey
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.