Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Vanlue works elsewhere
Working residents average 19 minutes each way; Ohio averages 23, the U.S. 26. There are 88 jobs in Vanlue; 157 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Vanlue; the top destination outside it is Findlay (33%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Vanlue by day and by night
On a workday 156 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Vanlue on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Commuting out of Vanlue: the destinations
Where Vanlue clocks in
33% of workers
3% 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.
The kinds of work in Vanlue
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vanlue, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 88. 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 Vanlue’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 19 minutes from Vanlue
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vanlue workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 135 commuters (the 9% 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 Vanlue’s workers travel
About 18% 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 Vanlue: questions
What is the median household income in Vanlue?
$81,875 (±$18,786) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vanlue?
7.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vanlue?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vanlue work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Findlay (33%, 10 mi), Arlington (3%, 10 mi), Carey (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vanlue 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 Vanlue, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vanlue
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.