Photo: Nyttend · Public domainShiloh has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole. Employers in Shiloh report 62 jobs, against 231 working residents. Hardly any work in Shiloh; the top destination outside it is Willard (13%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Shiloh, in a few figures
Shiloh is a place people come home to
There are 62 jobs based in Shiloh, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Shiloh has about 450 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Shiloh workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 231 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Shiloh
On a workday 229 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Shiloh on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 daily trip from Shiloh: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shiloh workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 231 commuters (the 3% 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.
Out of Shiloh to work: where people go
Where Shiloh clocks in
13% of workers
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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shiloh, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 62. 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 Shiloh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Shiloh to work
About 26% 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 Shiloh: questions
What is the median household income in Shiloh?
$64,432 (±$18,982) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shiloh?
5.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shiloh?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shiloh work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Willard (13%, 8 mi), Shelby (10%, 7 mi), Mansfield (10%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shiloh without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shiloh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shiloh
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.