Photo: Nyttend · Public domainNew Bavaria has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 20 minutes each way (Ohio 23, U.S. 26). There are 10 jobs in New Bavaria for 29 working residents. Hardly any work in New Bavaria itself; outside it, Napoleon draws the most (21%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves New Bavaria for work, and who comes in
On a workday 29 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 65 people are in New Bavaria on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Out of New Bavaria to work: where people go
Where New Bavaria clocks in
21% 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.
In New Bavaria, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Bavaria, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 10. 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 New Bavaria’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from New Bavaria: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Bavaria workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 commuters (the 15% 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 distance from New Bavaria to work
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 New Bavaria: questions
What is the median household income in New Bavaria?
$96,458 (±$14,048) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Bavaria?
0.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Bavaria?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Bavaria work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Napoleon (21%, 14 mi), Defiance (14%, 12 mi), Ridgeville Corners (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Bavaria 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 New Bavaria, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Bavaria
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.