Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs and the daily commute in Port Washington
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers; Ohio has 13%. Only 2% stay in Port Washington for work; outside it, New Philadelphia is the main destination (10%, 12 miles). The average commute takes 26 minutes each way; Ohio averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Port Washington apart on work
Each way, about 26 minutes from Port Washington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Port Washington workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 241 commuters (the 2% 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.
In and out of Port Washington on a workday
On a workday 223 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Port Washington on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Port Washington to work: where people go
Where Port Washington clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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: 50% of Port Washington’s jobs are in goods
162 jobs are based in Port Washington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Port Washington, 2014 → 2024: 155 → 162. 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 Port Washington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Port Washington
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 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 Port Washington: questions
What is the median household income in Port Washington?
$66,500 (±$13,808) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Port Washington?
9.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Port Washington?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Port Washington work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Philadelphia (10%, 12 mi), Dover (8%, 14 mi), Newcomerstown (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Port Washington 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 Port Washington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Port Washington
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.