Businesses and Labor Force

Wyandot County is primarily an agricultural county with approximately 80% of the land in crops. There are over 600 farms in the county with an average size of approximately 335 acres. In addition, there are over 550 nonfarm businesses and over 1300 non-employer establishments (2006).

 

The total labor force (2007) is 12,200 with 11,400 employed and 800 unemployed (6.5%). The unemployment rate is typically 6 – 7%, although with the recent economic downturn, it has spiked to over 13% (Jan. 2009).

 

Dominant employment is in manufacturing and state/local government sectors, accounting for over 50% of the total workforce. In 49.4% of these cases, both husband and wife work. The average wage per capita is $29,000.

 

 

 

 

 

Large surrounding metropolitan areas tend to draw the commuters from their own and neighboring counties. The net commuter flow is the difference between the number of people commuting into a county for work and the number commuting out of the county. For Wyandot County, this number is -14.8 per 100 commuters; i.e., a net outflow. The mean travel time to work is 20 minutes.