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Jobs & commute in Rossburg

With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Rossburg works elsewhere

Commuters spend 31 minutes getting to work on average; Ohio averages 23, the U.S. 26. There are 2 jobs in Rossburg, and 89 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Rossburg for work; outside it, Osgood is the main destination (7%, 8 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who commutes out of Rossburg, and who commutes in

On a workday 89 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

89live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night160
Workday74
160live here− 89head out to work+ 2come in to work= 74on a workday

About 74 people are in Rossburg on a workday afternoon, 54% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.02jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Commuting out of Rossburg: the destinations

Richmond: 2 residents work here (2%)RossburgOsgood: 6 residents work here (7%)Fort LoramieFort Recovery: 6 residents work here (7%)St. Henry: 3 residents work here (3%)Coldwater: 3 residents work here (3%)Versailles: 4 residents work here (4%)New Bremen: 4 residents work here (4%)Greenville: 4 residents work here (4%)Sidney: 3 residents work here (3%)Maria Stein: 4 residents work here (4%)OsgoodFort RecoveryVersaillesNew BremenGreenvilleMaria SteinRossburg
1
Osgood8.5 mi away
7%6
2
Fort Recovery11.7 mi away
7%6
3
Versailles9.1 mi away
4%4
4
New Bremen17.4 mi away
4%4
5
Greenville12.2 mi away
4%4
6
Maria Stein11.8 mi away
4%4
7
St. Henry9.7 mi away
3%3
8
Coldwater14 mi away
3%3
9
Sidney24.9 mi away
3%3
10
Richmond, IN33.7 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
56%50
The top trips

Where Rossburg clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

In Rossburg, services account for most jobs

Jobs based in RossburgJobs Rossburg residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%36%
Trade, transport & utilities0%21%
Services: health, schools, offices100%43%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less100%20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%24%
Over $3,333 a month0%56%

Who does it

29 or younger0%25%
30 to 5450%51%
55 and older50%25%
−97%

Jobs based in Rossburg, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 2. 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 Rossburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 31 minutes each way for Rossburg’s commuters

A year of commuting
237 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Rossburg31 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
11%

of Rossburg workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Rossburg gets to work
88%Drive alone
8%Carpool
4%Walk

Share of the 101 commuters (the 11% 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

Where in the region Rossburg works

10 mi25 mi40 miOsgood: 7% · 8.5 miFort Recovery: 7% · 11.7 miVersailles: 4% · 9.1 miNew Bremen: 4% · 17.4 miGreenville: 4% · 12.2 miMaria Stein: 4% · 11.8 miSt. Henry: 3% · 9.7 miColdwater: 3% · 14 miSidney: 3% · 24.9 miRichmond: 2% · 33.7 miOsgood 7%Fort Recovery 7%Versailles 4%New Bremen 4%Greenville 4%Rossburg
RossburgTop destinations (size = commuters)
20%Under 10 mi18 residents
46%10–24 mi41 residents
9%25–50 mi8 residents
25%Over 50 mi22 residents

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 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Rossburg: questions

What is the median household income in Rossburg?

$60,000 (±$24,130) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Rossburg?

17.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Rossburg?

31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Rossburg work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Osgood (7%, 8 mi), Fort Recovery (7%, 12 mi), Versailles (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Rossburg without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Rossburg, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Rossburg

Rossburg home →

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.