Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs and the daily commute in Waterford
Only 5% work in Waterford; the top destination outside it is Marietta (15%, 13 miles). 33% of workers have no commute at all (Ohio 13%). Waterford has 246 jobs, and 168 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Waterford
On a workday 160 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 238 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Waterford on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 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.
Out of Waterford to work: where people go
Where Waterford clocks in
15% of workers
7% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Waterford
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waterford, 2014 → 2024: 115 → 246. 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 Waterford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Waterford
of Waterford workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 138 commuters (the 33% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Waterford
About 19% 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.
The towns around Waterford
The biggest share goes to Beverly (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Waterford’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Waterford: questions
What is the poverty rate in Waterford?
2.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Waterford work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marietta (15%, 13 mi), Waterford Township (7%, 1 mi), Watertown Township (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Waterford 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 Waterford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waterford
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.