Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 4.0How Toledo works: jobs, income and commuting
6% of workers work from home (Washington 20%). Only 3% work in Toledo; the top destination outside it is Seattle (9%, 84 miles). Working residents average 19 minutes each way; Washington averages 27, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Toledo: the gist
Toledo’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Toledo is Seattle, 85 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (23) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
42% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Toledo are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 27 across Washington. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Washington 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 268 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Short hops and long hauls from Toledo
About 42% 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.
The trip to work from Toledo: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Toledo workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 219 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who commutes out of Toledo, and who commutes in
On a workday 259 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 229 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).
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 places Toledo commutes to
Where Toledo clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Toledo
238 jobs are based in Toledo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Toledo, 2013 → 2023: 233 → 238. 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 Toledo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Toledo: questions
What is the median household income in Toledo?
$47,292 (±$37,863) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Toledo?
14.8%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Toledo?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Toledo work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (9%, 84 mi), Chehalis (8%, 16 mi), Longview (6%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Toledo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Toledo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Toledo
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.