Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs and earnings in New Washington, and the trip to work
For 5% of workers, the job is at home (Ohio 13%). About one in ten work in New Washington; the top destination outside it is Columbus (10%, 68 miles). Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average, next to 23 for Ohio and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in New Washington
Where in the region New Washington works
About 25% 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.
The daily commute in and out of New Washington
On a workday 347 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 247 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in New Washington on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.75 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Washington’s working residents head each day
Where New Washington clocks in
10% 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.
Goods, not services: 66% of the jobs in New Washington
293 jobs are based in New Washington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Washington, 2013 → 2023: 372 → 293. 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 Washington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from New Washington: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Washington workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 480 commuters (the 5% 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.
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 Washington: questions
What is the median household income in New Washington?
$62,446 (±$12,325) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Washington?
8.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Washington?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Washington work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (10%, 68 mi), Bucyrus (8%, 12 mi), Mansfield (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Washington without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Washington, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Washington
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.