Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWork, pay and getting to work in Mount Cory
The average commute takes 28 minutes each way, next to 23 for Ohio and 26 for the U.S. Home is the office for 2% of workers (Ohio 13%). Hardly any work in Mount Cory itself; outside it, Findlay draws the most (36%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mount Cory quiets down on a workday
On a workday 99 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Mount Cory on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 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.
Out of Mount Cory to work: where people go
Where Mount Cory clocks in
36% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
78 jobs are based in Mount Cory.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Cory, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 78. 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 Mount Cory’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Mount Cory: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Cory workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 200 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Mount Cory
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 Mount Cory: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Cory?
$71,250 (±$15,754) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Cory?
5.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Cory?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Cory work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Findlay (36%, 12 mi), Bluffton (7%, 4 mi), Liberty Township (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mount Cory without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Cory, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Cory
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.