Photo: Nyttend · Public domainQuincy has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Quincy; the top destination outside it is Bellefontaine (10%, 12 miles). Quincy has 64 jobs, and 213 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Quincy apart
The workday shuffle in and out of Quincy
On a workday 212 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Quincy on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where the trip to work from Quincy ends
Where Quincy clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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.
Most jobs in Quincy are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Quincy, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 64. 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 Quincy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Quincy: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Quincy workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 201 commuters (the 5% 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.
How far it is to work from Quincy
About 19% 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 Quincy: questions
What is the median household income in Quincy?
$59,141 (±$14,976) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Quincy?
6.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Quincy?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Quincy work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bellefontaine (10%, 12 mi), Washington Township (8%, 10 mi), Sidney (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Quincy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Quincy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Quincy
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.