Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Risingsun commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Risingsun for work; outside it, Bowling Green is the main destination (17%, 14 miles). Employers in Risingsun report 22 jobs for 224 working residents. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Risingsun, in a few figures
Who commutes out of Risingsun, and who commutes in
On a workday 224 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Risingsun on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
The towns that employ Risingsun’s residents
Where Risingsun clocks in
17% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Risingsun: what the 22 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Risingsun, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 22. 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 Risingsun’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Risingsun: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Risingsun workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 340 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.
How far Risingsun goes to work
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 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 Risingsun: questions
What is the median household income in Risingsun?
$66,705 (±$14,177) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Risingsun?
11.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Risingsun?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Risingsun work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bowling Green (17%, 14 mi), Toledo (7%, 29 mi), Findlay (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Risingsun without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Risingsun, from the people who make the trip.
More of Risingsun
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.