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Jobs & commute in New Marshfield

With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of New Marshfield works elsewhere

Hardly any work in New Marshfield itself; outside it, Athens draws the most (33%, 6 miles). Employers in New Marshfield report 6 jobs; 137 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 13% across Ohio.

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

Day and night

Who commutes out of New Marshfield, and who commutes in

On a workday 137 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

137live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night190
Workday56
190live here− 140head out to work+ 6come in to work= 56on a workday

About 56 people are in New Marshfield on a workday afternoon, 70% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs 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

Commuting out of New Marshfield: the destinations

Altoona: 1 residents work here (1%)Amesville: 1 residents work here (1%)BuchtelAlbany: 9 residents work here (7%)Logan: 4 residents work here (3%)Athens: 45 residents work here (33%)Westerville: 2 residents work here (1%)Columbus: 14 residents work here (10%)Troy TownshipWaterloo TownshipAthens Township: 2 residents work here (1%)Alexander Township: 8 residents work here (6%)Springfield TownshipNew MarshfieldThe Plains: 3 residents work here (2%)AthensColumbusAlbanyAlexander TownshipLoganThe PlainsNew Marshfield
1
Athens6.2 mi away
33%45
2
Columbus61.3 mi away
10%14
3
Albany6.9 mi away
7%9
46%8
5
Logan17.9 mi away
3%4
6
The Plains5.3 mi away
2%3
7
Westerville66.5 mi away
1%2
81%2
9
Altoona, IA612.8 mi away
1%1
10
Amesville15 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
35%48
The top trips

Where New Marshfield 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

Jobs in New Marshfield: what the 6 are

Jobs based in New MarshfieldJobs New Marshfield residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%17%
Trade, transport & utilities100%16%
Services: health, schools, offices0%67%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less17%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month67%28%
Over $3,333 a month17%56%

Who does it

29 or younger50%23%
30 to 5433%53%
55 and older17%24%

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 Marshfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in New Marshfield

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How New Marshfield gets to work
87%Drive alone
13%Carpool

Share of the 111 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

How far New Marshfield goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miAthens: 33% · 6.2 miColumbus: 10% · 61.3 miAlbany: 7% · 6.9 miAlexander Township: 6% · 7.4 miLogan: 3% · 17.9 miThe Plains: 2% · 5.3 miWesterville: 1% · 66.5 miAthens Township: 1% · 5 miAltoona: 1% · 612.8 miAmesville: 1% · 15 miAthens 33%Columbus 10%Albany 7%Alexander Township 6%Logan 3%New Marshfield
New MarshfieldTop destinations (size = commuters)
50%Under 10 mi68 residents
7%10–24 mi10 residents
11%25–50 mi15 residents
31%Over 50 mi42 residents

About 31% 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.

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 New Marshfield: questions

What is the poverty rate in New Marshfield?

40.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in New Marshfield work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Athens (33%, 6 mi), Columbus (10%, 61 mi), Albany (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around New Marshfield 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 Marshfield, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of New Marshfield

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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.