Mendon Town Hall · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Mendon commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
For 4% of workers, the job is at home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Employers in Mendon report 21 jobs; 287 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Mendon itself; outside it, Van Wert draws the most (10%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mendon, in a few figures
Mendon is a place people come home to
There are 21 jobs based in Mendon, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mendon has about 350 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Mendon workers work from home
Only 4% 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 287 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Mendon for work, and who comes in
On a workday 286 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Mendon on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
How long Mendon spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mendon workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 328 commuters (the 4% 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 towns that employ Mendon’s residents
Where Mendon clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
What Mendon’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mendon, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 21. 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 Mendon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Mendon commutes less than 16 miles
About 23% 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 Mendon: questions
What is the median household income in Mendon?
$66,250 (±$18,923) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mendon?
8.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mendon?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mendon work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Van Wert (10%, 14 mi), Celina (9%, 8 mi), Rockford (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mendon 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 Mendon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mendon
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.