Photo: Vbofficial · Public domainRio Grande has 2.8 jobs for every working resident: 572 people commute in to work
Only 8% work in Rio Grande itself; outside it, Gallipolis draws the most (10%, 11 miles). Employers in Rio Grande report 588 jobs, and 210 of its residents work somewhere. For 4% of workers, the job is at home; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Rio Grande, in brief
Rio Grande is where the jobs are
Rio Grande has 588 jobs, 2.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,200 people are in town, 45% more than the 840 who live here. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Rio Grande pay little
39% of the jobs based in Rio Grande pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 37% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 210 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Rio Grande
On a workday 194 residents head out to work and 16 work right here.
About 1,200 people are in Rio Grande on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Rio Grande
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rio Grande, 2014 → 2024: 554 → 588. 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 Rio Grande’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Rio Grande
About 32% 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.
Where the people who work in Rio Grande live
Where Rio Grande clocks in
10% of workers
10% 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.
The daily trip from Rio Grande: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rio Grande workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 283 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.
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 Rio Grande: questions
What is the median household income in Rio Grande?
$24,524 (±$18,014) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rio Grande?
49.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rio Grande?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rio Grande work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gallipolis (10%, 11 mi), Green Township (10%, 7 mi), Jackson (3%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rio Grande without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rio Grande, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rio Grande
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.