Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Mount Victory works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers (Ohio 13%). 65 jobs are based in Mount Victory, against 218 working residents. Only 1% work in Mount Victory; the top destination outside it is Kenton (14%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mount Victory, in a few figures
Mount Victory is a place people come home to
There are 65 jobs based in Mount Victory, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mount Victory has about 440 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Mount Victory 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 218 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Mount Victory
On a workday 215 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Mount Victory on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
About 24 minutes each way for Mount Victory’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Victory workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 279 commuters (the 3% 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.
Commuting out of Mount Victory: the destinations
Where Mount Victory clocks in
14% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Mount Victory: what the 65 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Victory, 2013 → 2023: 146 → 65. 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 Victory’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Mount Victory
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 Mount Victory: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Victory?
$56,875 (±$16,478) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Victory?
7.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Victory?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Victory work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kenton (14%, 9 mi), Columbus (8%, 47 mi), Perry Township (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mount Victory without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Victory, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Victory
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.