Photo: Sanfranman59 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Alliance trail those of 80% of U.S. towns
23.8% of residents live below the poverty line, where Ohio as a whole has 13.3%. Alliance grades C for jobs and income and A− for walkability. About one in five work in Alliance itself; outside it, Canton draws the most (7%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Alliance in brief
Alliance trades workers with the towns around it
Alliance has about as many jobs (8,616) as working residents (8,915), but they are mostly different people: 6,970 residents leave for work each day while 6,671 people come in. Only 23% of the jobs in Alliance are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Alliance draws workers from far and wide
The 8,616 jobs in Alliance are filled from a wide area. Alliance’s own residents hold 23% and the ten next-biggest home towns 22%; the other 55% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
The four measures behind Alliance’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Alliance is better than 30% of U.S. towns, #821 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Alliance’s grade up (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Alliance could be anywhere from C− to B−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Alliance
On a workday 6,970 residents head out to work, 1,945 work right here, and 6,671 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 (0.97 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.
Where the trip to work from Alliance ends
Where Alliance clocks in
7% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
Inside Alliance’s 8,616 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alliance, 2013 → 2023: 9,975 → 8,616. 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 Alliance’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Alliance takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alliance workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,563 commuters (the 9% 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.
Miles to work from Alliance
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.
Alliance is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Alliance is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #62 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Alliance near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,456 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). 10.1% of Alliance households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Alliance’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Alliance ranks: 1,467th of 1,787 U.S. towns of 15,000 to 29,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Powell OH | 18,269 | $195K | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Genoa Township OH | 27,720 | $177K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,465 | Center Point AL | 15,538 | $56K | 14.3% | 8.1% | 2% | C |
| 1,466 | Horn Lake MS | 26,741 | $53K | 19.0% | 5.8% | 6% | C |
| 1,467 | Alliance OH | 21,582 | $56K | 23.8% | 4.3% | 22% | C |
| 1,468 | Hazelwood MO | 24,849 | $56K | 15.9% | 10.4% | 6% | C |
| 1,469 | Parkway CA | 15,397 | $64K | 22.5% | 9.3% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,787 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Alliance, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Alliance and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Lexington Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Alliance workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | – | C | A− | 21 min | $56,106 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 27 min | $86,671 |
| Lexington Township | 3% | B− | C− | 23 min | $64,883 |
| East Alliance | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. East Alliance: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Alliance’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 Alliance: questions
What is the median household income in Alliance?
$56,106 (±$5,553) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alliance?
23.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alliance?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alliance work?
22% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canton (7%, 15 mi), Jackson Township (4%, 19 mi), Akron (4%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Alliance walkable?
Alliance is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Alliance without a car?
1% 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 Alliance, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alliance
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.