Work and commuting in Ottoville
Employers in Ottoville report 538 jobs for 509 working residents. Only 7% work in Ottoville; the top destination outside it is Lima (11%, 18 miles). Working residents average 17 minutes each way (Ohio 23, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Ottoville: the gist
The better-paid jobs are outside Ottoville
68% of Ottoville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 43% of the jobs based in Ottoville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Ottoville makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in Ottoville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Ottoville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 32%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Ottoville are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 509 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Ottoville works in goods: 46% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ottoville, 2013 → 2023: 582 → 538. 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 Ottoville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 17 minutes from Ottoville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ottoville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 344 commuters (the 8% 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 daily commute in and out of Ottoville
On a workday 472 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 501 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).
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 people from Ottoville work
Where Ottoville clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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.
Half of Ottoville commutes less than 15 miles
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 Ottoville: questions
What is the median household income in Ottoville?
$71,500 (±$12,710) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ottoville?
4.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ottoville?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ottoville work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lima (11%, 18 mi), Van Wert (8%, 14 mi), Kalida (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ottoville without a car?
0% 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 Ottoville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ottoville
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.