With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Phillipsburg works elsewhere
Phillipsburg has 27 jobs, against 238 working residents. Hardly any stay in Phillipsburg for work; outside it, Dayton is the main destination (13%, 14 miles). Home is the office for 4% of workers; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Phillipsburg, in brief
Phillipsburg is a place people come home to
There are 27 jobs based in Phillipsburg, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Phillipsburg has about 280 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Phillipsburg workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Phillipsburg workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 238 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Phillipsburg on a workday afternoon
On a workday 238 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Phillipsburg 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 2023, primary jobs.
Phillipsburg’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Phillipsburg workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 201 commuters (the 4% 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.
Commuting out of Phillipsburg: the destinations
Where Phillipsburg clocks in
13% of workers
5% 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.
A place that makes things: 63% of Phillipsburg’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Phillipsburg, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 27. 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 Phillipsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Phillipsburg’s commute, mile by mile
About 15% 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 Phillipsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Phillipsburg?
$74,722 (±$21,128) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Phillipsburg?
9.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Phillipsburg?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Phillipsburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dayton (13%, 14 mi), Clay Township (5%, 2 mi), Brookville (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Phillipsburg 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 Phillipsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Phillipsburg
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.