Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Aberdeen are lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
Aberdeen grades D− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Below the poverty line: 32.1% of residents, next to 13.3% across Ohio. For 2% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Aberdeen, in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Aberdeen than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Aberdeen fell from 649 in 2013 to 105 in 2023, −84%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Aberdeen is a place people come home to
There are 105 jobs based in Aberdeen, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Aberdeen has about 1,100 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% 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 ↓
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 546 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Aberdeen’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Aberdeen is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Aberdeen’s grade.
Unemployment (11.2%) is left out: Aberdeen’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Aberdeen could be anywhere from D− to D.
The 105 jobs based in Aberdeen
105 jobs are based in Aberdeen.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aberdeen, 2013 → 2023: 649 → 105. 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 Aberdeen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Aberdeen quiets down on a workday
On a workday 537 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Aberdeen on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.19 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Aberdeen
About 37% 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.
15% of working residents work in Maysville
Where Aberdeen clocks in
15% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aberdeen workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 438 commuters (the 2% 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.
The commute in Aberdeen is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Aberdeen is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 448 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.5% of Aberdeen households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Aberdeen’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Aberdeen compares with U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 25 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,672 | Steelville MO | 1,447 | $32K | 34.8% | 4.3% | 12% | D− |
| 5,673 | Cabool MO | 2,089 | $34K | 28.9% | 1.4% | 22% | D− |
| 5,674 | Aberdeen OH | 1,551 | $45K | 32.1% | 11.2% | 2% | D− |
| 5,675 | Coalgate OK | 1,735 | $46K | 30.4% | 10.6% | 27% | D− |
| 5,676 | Huntsville TN | 1,709 | $31K | 30.9% | 0.0% | 23% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Aberdeen, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door is work for 15% of Aberdeen
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Aberdeen workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | – | D− | C | 31 min | $45,484 |
| Huntington Township | under 3% | D− | C− | 29 min | $48,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Maysville. Darker towns draw more of Aberdeen’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Aberdeen: questions
What is the median household income in Aberdeen?
$45,484 (±$14,218) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aberdeen?
32.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aberdeen?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aberdeen work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Maysville (15%, 2 mi), Cincinnati (6%, 51 mi), Ripley (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Aberdeen walkable?
Aberdeen is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Aberdeen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Aberdeen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aberdeen
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.