Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Wayne Lakes works elsewhere
6% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Employers in Wayne Lakes report 11 jobs; 296 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Wayne Lakes; the top destination outside it is Greenville (24%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Wayne Lakes apart on work
Wayne Lakes is a place people come home to
There are 11 jobs based in Wayne Lakes, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wayne Lakes has about 400 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Wayne Lakes and Greenville trade workers both ways
Greenville is the top workplace for Wayne Lakes residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Wayne Lakes come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Wayne Lakes workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 296 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Wayne Lakes by day and by night
On a workday 294 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Wayne Lakes on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 Wayne Lakes: the destinations
Where Wayne Lakes clocks in
24% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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 commute of about 32 minutes in Wayne Lakes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wayne Lakes workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 330 commuters (the 6% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Wayne Lakes
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wayne Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 11. 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 Wayne Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Wayne Lakes
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 Wayne Lakes: questions
What is the median household income in Wayne Lakes?
$52,500 (±$19,251) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wayne Lakes?
5.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wayne Lakes?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wayne Lakes work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (24%, 6 mi), Greenville Township (5%, 7 mi), Troy (4%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wayne Lakes without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wayne Lakes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wayne Lakes
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.