Roswell has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
The average commute takes 31 minutes each way, where Ohio has 23 and the U.S. 26. Roswell has 28 jobs, and 110 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Roswell itself; outside it, New Philadelphia draws the most (18%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Roswell for work, and who comes in
On a workday 110 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Roswell on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 Roswell goes to work
Where Roswell clocks in
18% of workers
14% 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.
Goods jobs make up 75% of work in Roswell
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roswell, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 28. 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 Roswell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Roswell
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roswell workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 106 commuters (the 8% 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 Roswell commutes less than 11 miles
About 16% 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 Roswell: questions
What is the median household income in Roswell?
$60,000 (±$11,632) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roswell?
6.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roswell?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roswell work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Philadelphia (18%, 5 mi), Dover (14%, 8 mi), Uhrichsville (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Roswell 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 Roswell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roswell
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.