Photo: Vbofficial at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0How South Webster works: jobs, income and commuting
Home is the office for 0% of workers (Ohio 13%). Only 4% work in South Webster; the top destination outside it is Portsmouth (22%, 12 miles). Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average, next to 23 for Ohio and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from South Webster, in brief
About 27 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of South Webster workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 273 commuters (the 0% 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 a workday changes South Webster
On a workday 258 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 209 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where South Webster’s working residents head each day
Where South Webster clocks in
22% 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.
Inside South Webster’s 220 jobs
220 jobs are based in South Webster.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in South Webster, 2014 → 2024: 152 → 220. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Webster’s own residents hold wherever they work.
South Webster’s commute, mile by mile
About 28% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 South Webster: questions
What is the median household income in South Webster?
$60,417 (±$14,570) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in South Webster?
16.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from South Webster?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in South Webster work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portsmouth (22%, 12 mi), Minford (6%, 7 mi), Rosemount (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around South Webster 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 South Webster, from the people who make the trip.
More of South Webster
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.