Where Sycamore earns its living
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Only 2% stay in Sycamore for work; outside it, Upper Sandusky is the main destination (17%, 10 miles). Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average, where Ohio has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Sycamore, in brief
Sycamore makes and builds things
62% of the jobs based in Sycamore are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Sycamore residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 38%. The jobs ↓
Sycamore workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Sycamore workers work from home
Only 2% 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 342 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Goods, not services: 62% of the jobs in Sycamore
305 jobs are based in Sycamore.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sycamore, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 305. 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 Sycamore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Sycamore’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sycamore workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 301 commuters (the 2% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Sycamore
On a workday 336 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 299 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 (0.89 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Sycamore to work: where people go
Where Sycamore clocks in
17% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Sycamore
About 23% 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 Sycamore: questions
What is the median household income in Sycamore?
$48,438 (±$9,265) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sycamore?
10.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sycamore?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sycamore work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Upper Sandusky (17%, 10 mi), Tiffin (10%, 11 mi), Findlay (8%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sycamore without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sycamore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sycamore
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.