Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWest Mansfield has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 39 jobs in West Mansfield; 367 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in West Mansfield for work; outside it, Bellefontaine is the main destination (16%, 12 miles). The average commute, 24 minutes each way, matches the Ohio norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from West Mansfield, in brief
West Mansfield is a place people come home to
There are 39 jobs based in West Mansfield, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday West Mansfield has about 440 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
West Mansfield and Bellefontaine trade workers both ways
Bellefontaine is the top workplace for West Mansfield residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in West Mansfield come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 367 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
West Mansfield quiets down on a workday
On a workday 361 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in West Mansfield on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
Out of West Mansfield to work: where people go
Where West Mansfield clocks in
16% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in West Mansfield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Mansfield, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 39. 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 West Mansfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 24 minutes in West Mansfield
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Mansfield workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 343 commuters (the 8% 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 West Mansfield
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 West Mansfield: questions
What is the median household income in West Mansfield?
$81,375 (±$25,737) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Mansfield?
5.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Mansfield?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Mansfield work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bellefontaine (16%, 12 mi), Perry Township (9%, 4 mi), Marysville (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around West Mansfield 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 West Mansfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Mansfield
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.