Photo: NOAA's National Ocean Service · CC BY 2.0A job hub: Put-in-Bay has 2.2 jobs per working resident, and 125 people come in to work
Commuters spend 12 minutes getting to work on average; the Ohio average is 23, the U.S. 26. Employers in Put-in-Bay report 137 jobs, against 63 working residents. About one in five work in Put-in-Bay; the top destination outside it is Put-in-Bay Township (19%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Put-in-Bay: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 51 residents head out to work and 12 work right here.
About 230 people are in Put-in-Bay on a workday afternoon, 49% more 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 Put-in-Bay’s workers come from
Where Put-in-Bay clocks in
19% 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.
69% of the jobs in Put-in-Bay pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Put-in-Bay, 2014 → 2024: 88 → 137. 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 Put-in-Bay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Put-in-Bay: about 12 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Put-in-Bay workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42 commuters (the 9% 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.
Half of Put-in-Bay commutes less than 30 miles
About 25% 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 Put-in-Bay: questions
What is the median household income in Put-in-Bay?
$63,750 (±$22,240) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Put-in-Bay?
7.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Put-in-Bay?
12 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Put-in-Bay work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Put-in-Bay Township (19%, 2 mi), Norwalk (5%, 30 mi), Columbus (5%, 116 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Put-in-Bay without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Put-in-Bay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Put-in-Bay
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.