Most of Middle Point commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Middle Point; the top destination outside it is Van Wert (19%, 7 miles). Middle Point has 25 jobs, and 267 of its residents work somewhere. The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average; Ohio averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Middle Point at work: what stands out
Middle Point is a place people come home to
There are 25 jobs based in Middle Point, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Middle Point has about 330 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Middle Point and Van Wert trade workers both ways
Van Wert is the top workplace for Middle Point residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Middle Point come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 267 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Middle Point: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 267 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Middle Point on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
The towns that employ Middle Point’s residents
Where Middle Point clocks in
19% 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.
What Middle Point’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Middle Point, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 25. 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 Middle Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Middle Point takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Middle Point workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 292 commuters (the 10% 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 Middle Point, by distance
About 21% 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 Middle Point: questions
What is the median household income in Middle Point?
$55,337 (±$13,094) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Middle Point?
10.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Middle Point?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Middle Point work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Van Wert (19%, 7 mi), Delphos (9%, 6 mi), Lima (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Middle Point 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 Middle Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Middle Point
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.