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Jobs & commute in Nettle Lake

Nettle Lake has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

Hardly any stay in Nettle Lake for work; outside it, Edon is the main destination (14%, 9 miles). Nettle Lake has 4 jobs, and 86 of its residents work somewhere. 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Nettle Lake

On a workday 86 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

86live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night180
Workday98
180live here− 86head out to work+ 4come in to work= 98on a workday

About 98 people are in Nettle Lake on a workday afternoon, 46% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.05jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where Nettle Lake goes to work

Butler: 2 residents work here (2%)Fremont: 5 residents work here (6%)Angola: 4 residents work here (5%)Edon: 12 residents work here (14%)West Unity: 4 residents work here (5%)Edgerton: 2 residents work here (2%)Pioneer: 2 residents work here (2%)Montpelier: 5 residents work here (6%)Bryan: 12 residents work here (14%)NapoleonNorthwest Township: 4 residents work here (5%)Pulaski TownshipNettle LakeEdonBryanFremontMontpelierAngolaWest UnityNettle Lake
1
Edon8.7 mi away
14%12
2
Bryan17 mi away
14%12
3
Fremont, IN11.5 mi away
6%5
4
Montpelier9.5 mi away
6%5
5
Angola, IN14.7 mi away
5%4
6
West Unity16.5 mi away
5%4
75%4
8
Butler, IN18.9 mi away
2%2
9
Edgerton15.8 mi away
2%2
10
Pioneer9 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%34
The top trips

Where Nettle Lake clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

What Nettle Lake’s employers do

Jobs based in Nettle LakeJobs Nettle Lake residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%43%
Trade, transport & utilities100%26%
Services: health, schools, offices0%31%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less75%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%27%
Over $3,333 a month0%59%

Who does it

29 or younger50%17%
30 to 540%55%
55 and older50%28%
+100%

Jobs based in Nettle Lake, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 4. 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 Nettle Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Nettle Lake

Working from home
0%

of Nettle Lake workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Nettle Lake gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 143 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Nettle Lake

10 mi25 mi30 miEdon: 14% · 8.7 miBryan: 14% · 17 miFremont: 6% · 11.5 miMontpelier: 6% · 9.5 miAngola: 5% · 14.7 miWest Unity: 5% · 16.5 miNorthwest Township: 5% · 1.7 miButler: 2% · 18.9 miEdgerton: 2% · 15.8 miPioneer: 2% · 9 miEdon 14%Bryan 14%Fremont 6%Montpelier 6%Angola 5%Nettle Lake
Nettle LakeTop destinations (size = commuters)
29%Under 10 mi25 residents
47%10–24 mi40 residents
10%25–50 mi9 residents
14%Over 50 mi12 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Nettle Lake: questions

What is the poverty rate in Nettle Lake?

0.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Nettle Lake work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Edon (14%, 9 mi), Bryan (14%, 17 mi), Fremont (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Nettle Lake without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Nettle Lake, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Nettle Lake

Nettle Lake home →

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.