Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWillshire has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
7% of workers have no commute at all, against 13% across Ohio. There are 63 jobs in Willshire for 190 working residents. Only 1% stay in Willshire for work; outside it, Van Wert is the main destination (27%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Willshire by day and by night
On a workday 188 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Willshire on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Where Willshire goes to work
Where Willshire clocks in
27% of workers
13% 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.
What Willshire’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Willshire, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 63. 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 Willshire’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Willshire spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Willshire workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 154 commuters (the 7% 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.
Half of Willshire commutes less than 14 miles
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 Willshire: questions
What is the median household income in Willshire?
$47,500 (±$12,058) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Willshire?
16.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Willshire?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Willshire work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Van Wert (27%, 13 mi), Decatur (13%, 9 mi), Fort Wayne (9%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Willshire without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Willshire, from the people who make the trip.
More of Willshire
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.