Photo: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 2.5Warsaw has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
A typical one-way commute lasts 27 minutes, next to 23 for Ohio and 26 for the U.S. 118 jobs are based in Warsaw, and 229 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Warsaw; the top destination outside it is Coshocton (16%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Warsaw, in a few figures
Out of Warsaw to work: where people go
Where Warsaw clocks in
16% of workers
5% 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.
A workday in Warsaw: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 224 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Warsaw on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
Jobs in Warsaw: what the 118 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warsaw, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 118. 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 Warsaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Warsaw: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warsaw workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 206 commuters (the 11% 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.
Where in the region Warsaw works
About 16% 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 Warsaw: questions
What is the median household income in Warsaw?
$38,000 (±$16,276) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warsaw?
13.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warsaw?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warsaw work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coshocton (16%, 10 mi), Zanesville (5%, 26 mi), Tuscarawas Township (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Warsaw 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 Warsaw, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warsaw
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.