Photo: Bwsmith84 at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0Most of Old Washington commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Old Washington has 42 jobs, against 91 working residents. Hardly any work in Old Washington itself; outside it, Cambridge draws the most (27%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Old Washington quiets down on a workday
On a workday 91 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Old Washington on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 Old Washington’s residents
Where Old Washington clocks in
27% of workers
5% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Old Washington
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Old Washington, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Old Washington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes to work from Old Washington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Old Washington workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 101 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Old Washington
About 26% 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.
Work in the towns next to Old Washington
The biggest share goes to Wills Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Old Washington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Washington | – | — | — | 24 min | $76,875 |
| Wills Township | 3% | C | C+ | 23 min | $64,563 |
| Center Township | 2% | C+ | C | 23 min | $76,029 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Old Washington’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Old Washington: questions
What is the median household income in Old Washington?
$76,875 (±$53,575) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Old Washington?
12.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Old Washington?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Old Washington work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cambridge (27%, 8 mi), Cambridge Township (5%, 7 mi), Jackson Township (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Old Washington without a car?
4% 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 Old Washington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Old 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.