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Jobs & commute in Wightmans Grove

Jobs, income and commuting in Wightmans Grove, OH

Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole. Hardly any work in Wightmans Grove; the top destination outside it is Clyde (7%, 9 miles). No jobs are based in Wightmans Grove in the Census job records; 27 of its residents work elsewhere.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Wightmans Grove

On a workday 27 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

27live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night33
Workday6
33live here− 27head out to work+ 0come in to work= 6on a workday

About 6 people are in Wightmans Grove on a workday afternoon, 82% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The towns that employ Wightmans Grove’s residents

Maryland Heights: 1 residents work here (4%)McComb: 1 residents work here (4%)Clyde: 2 residents work here (7%)Bellevue: 2 residents work here (7%)Sylvania: 1 residents work here (4%)Fremont: 2 residents work here (7%)Northwood: 1 residents work here (4%)West Jefferson: 1 residents work here (4%)Sandusky: 2 residents work here (7%)Toledo: 2 residents work here (7%)Rice TownshipRiley TownshipWightmans GroveClydeBellevueFremontSanduskyToledoMaryland HeightsWightmans Grove
1
Clyde9 mi away
7%2
2
Bellevue14.9 mi away
7%2
3
Fremont6 mi away
7%2
4
Sandusky17.3 mi away
7%2
5
Toledo32.3 mi away
7%2
64%1
7
McComb44.3 mi away
4%1
8
Sylvania39.6 mi away
4%1
9
Northwood26 mi away
4%1
10
West Jefferson102.6 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%12
The top trips

Where Wightmans Grove clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Wightmans Grove

Working from home
0%

of Wightmans Grove workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Wightmans Grove gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 8 commuters (the 0% 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

The commute from Wightmans Grove, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miClyde: 7% · 9 miBellevue: 7% · 14.9 miFremont: 7% · 6 miSandusky: 7% · 17.3 miToledo: 7% · 32.3 miMaryland Heights: 4% · 434.7 miMcComb: 4% · 44.3 miSylvania: 4% · 39.6 miNorthwood: 4% · 26 miWest Jefferson: 4% · 102.6 miClyde 7%Bellevue 7%Fremont 7%Sandusky 7%Toledo 7%Wightmans Grove
Wightmans GroveTop destinations (size = commuters)
37%Under 10 mi10 residents
19%10–24 mi5 residents
26%25–50 mi7 residents
19%Over 50 mi5 residents

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 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

Around Wightmans Grove: the bordering towns

Rice Township: few work hereRice TownshipWightmans Grove
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownWightmans Grove workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Wightmans Grove–———$18,906
Rice Townshipunder 4%CD20 min$71,823

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Wightmans Grove’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Wightmans Grove: questions

What is the median household income in Wightmans Grove?

$18,906 (±$12,984) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Wightmans Grove?

0.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Wightmans Grove work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clyde (7%, 9 mi), Bellevue (7%, 15 mi), Fremont (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Wightmans Grove 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 Wightmans Grove, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Wightmans Grove

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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.