Photo: Nyttend · Public domainOhio City has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Ohio City report 42 jobs; 318 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Ohio City; the top destination outside it is Van Wert (21%, 7 miles). 2% of workers work from home, where Ohio State as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Ohio City in brief
Ohio City is a place people come home to
There are 42 jobs based in Ohio City, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ohio City has about 370 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Ohio City and Van Wert trade workers both ways
Van Wert is the top workplace for Ohio City residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Ohio City come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Ohio City workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio State. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 318 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Ohio City
On a workday 314 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 370 people are in Ohio City on a workday afternoon, 43% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Ohio City goes to work
Where Ohio City clocks in
21% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
The trip to work from Ohio City: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ohio City workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio State. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 327 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio State: 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 Ohio City’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ohio City, 2014 → 2024: 132 → 42. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ohio City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Ohio City to work
About 19% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Ohio City: questions
What is the median household income in Ohio City?
$60,260 (±$6,197) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio State and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ohio City?
9.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio State and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ohio City?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio State and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ohio City work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Van Wert (21%, 7 mi), Delphos (4%, 16 mi), Lima (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Ohio City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ohio City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ohio City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.