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Jobs & commute in Rudolph

Rudolph has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

Home is the office for 4% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. There are 6 jobs in Rudolph; 176 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Rudolph for work; outside it, Bowling Green is the main destination (35%, 6 miles).

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

Day and night

Rudolph quiets down on a workday

On a workday 175 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.

175live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
5work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night270
Workday100
270live here− 180head out to work+ 5come in to work= 100on a workday

About 100 people are in Rudolph on a workday afternoon, 62% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.03jobs 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

Where Rudolph goes to work

ColdwaterNapoleon: 3 residents work here (2%)Bowling Green: 61 residents work here (35%)Perrysburg: 3 residents work here (2%)Findlay: 14 residents work here (8%)Oregon: 3 residents work here (2%)Columbus: 3 residents work here (2%)Toledo: 14 residents work here (8%)Allen Township: 3 residents work here (2%)Carroll TownshipLiberty TownshipBloom Township: 5 residents work here (3%)Portage Township: 5 residents work here (3%)RudolphBowling GreenFindlayToledoBloom TownshipPortage TownshipNapoleonRudolph
1
Bowling Green5.7 mi away
35%61
2
Findlay17.3 mi away
8%14
3
Toledo25.7 mi away
8%14
4
Bloom Township7.4 mi away
3%5
5
Portage Township3.9 mi away
3%5
6
Napoleon24.9 mi away
2%3
7
Perrysburg16.8 mi away
2%3
8
Oregon27.4 mi away
2%3
9
Columbus97.3 mi away
2%3
10
Allen Township11.7 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
35%62
The top trips

Where Rudolph 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

What Rudolph’s employers do

Jobs based in RudolphJobs Rudolph residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%24%
Trade, transport & utilities67%23%
Services: health, schools, offices33%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less50%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%26%
Over $3,333 a month33%59%

Who does it

29 or younger0%23%
30 to 5433%50%
55 and older67%27%
−14%

Jobs based in Rudolph, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 6. 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 Rudolph’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

From Rudolph, about 25 minutes to the job

A year of commuting
190 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Rudolph25 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
4%

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

About 0 in 10
How Rudolph gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 150 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

The distance from Rudolph to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBowling Green: 35% · 5.7 miFindlay: 8% · 17.3 miToledo: 8% · 25.7 miBloom Township: 3% · 7.4 miPortage Township: 3% · 3.9 miNapoleon: 2% · 24.9 miPerrysburg: 2% · 16.8 miOregon: 2% · 27.4 miColumbus: 2% · 97.3 miAllen Township: 2% · 11.7 miBowling Green 35%Findlay 8%Toledo 8%Bloom Township 3%Portage Township 3%Rudolph
RudolphTop destinations (size = commuters)
46%Under 10 mi80 residents
23%10–24 mi41 residents
18%25–50 mi31 residents
13%Over 50 mi23 residents

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 Rudolph: questions

What is the poverty rate in Rudolph?

9.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Rudolph?

25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Rudolph work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bowling Green (35%, 6 mi), Findlay (8%, 17 mi), Toledo (8%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Rudolph without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Rudolph

Rudolph 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.