Photo: Nyttend · Public domainEarning a living in New Madison
Working residents average 26 minutes each way, next to 23 for Ohio and 26 for the U.S. Only 3% stay in New Madison for work; outside it, Greenville is the main destination (16%, 10 miles). For 6% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves New Madison for work, and who comes in
On a workday 376 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 321 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 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.
Where New Madison goes to work
Where New Madison clocks in
16% 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.
In New Madison, services account for most jobs
334 jobs are based in New Madison.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Madison, 2013 → 2023: 210 → 334. 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 Madison’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from New Madison: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Madison workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 281 commuters (the 6% 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 Madison 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 Madison: questions
What is the median household income in New Madison?
$62,500 (±$17,622) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Madison?
19.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Madison?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Madison work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (16%, 10 mi), Richmond (8%, 13 mi), Eaton (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Madison without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Madison, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Madison
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.