Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of North Star commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in North Star for work; outside it, Minster is the main destination (11%, 11 miles). 13 jobs are based in North Star; 80 of its residents have a job. For 3% of workers, the job is at home, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of North Star, and who commutes in
On a workday 80 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in North Star on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
The towns that employ North Star’s residents
Where North Star clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Star, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 13. 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 North Star’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from North Star: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Star workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 84 commuters (the 3% 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 North Star to work
About 18% 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.
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 North Star: questions
What is the median household income in North Star?
$98,750 (±$53,189) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Star?
7.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Star?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Star work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minster (11%, 11 mi), Greenville (8%, 16 mi), Coldwater (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around North Star 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 North Star, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Star
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.