Photo: The original uploader was MrHarman at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 2.5There are 2.6 jobs in Archbold for every working resident, and 4,507 people commute in
2% of workers have no commute at all, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. 5,313 jobs are based in Archbold for 2,064 working residents. Jobs and income earn Archbold B−; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Archbold
Archbold makes and builds things
64% of the jobs based in Archbold are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Archbold residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 34%. The jobs ↓
Archbold is where the jobs are
Archbold has 5,313 jobs, 2.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 7,700 people are in town, 74% more than the 4,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Archbold are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Archbold workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Archbold’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Archbold is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #574 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Archbold’s grade up (6.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 46% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Archbold could be anywhere from C to A−.
Goods, not services: 64% of the jobs in Archbold
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Archbold, 2013 → 2023: 5,269 → 5,313. 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 Archbold’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Archbold by day
On a workday 1,258 residents head out to work and 806 work right here.
About 7,700 people are in Archbold on a workday afternoon, 74% more than live here.
2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The trip to work from Archbold: about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Archbold workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,192 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 towns that send workers to Archbold
Where Archbold clocks in
9% of workers
3% 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.
The commute from Archbold, by distance
About 18% 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.
In Archbold, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Archbold is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #471 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% 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 2,236 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). 1.9% of Archbold households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Archbold’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,948th of 4,000: where Archbold ranks among U.S. towns of 3,100 to 6,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,946 | Spirit Lake IA | 5,525 | $66K | 6.3% | 3.1% | 38% | B− |
| 1,947 | Plainview MN | 3,482 | $83K | 5.9% | 4.9% | 18% | B− |
| 1,948 | Archbold OH | 4,417 | $73K | 6.2% | 4.5% | 39% | B− |
| 1,949 | Sandy Township OH | 3,525 | $69K | 11.3% | 3.4% | 9% | B− |
| 1,950 | Union Township OH | 3,533 | $74K | 11.0% | 2.4% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,000 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Archbold, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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 Archbold: questions
What is the median household income in Archbold?
$72,631 (±$8,023) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Archbold?
6.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Archbold?
14 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Archbold work?
39% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wauseon (9%, 9 mi), Toledo (3%, 39 mi), Defiance (3%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Archbold walkable?
Archbold is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Archbold without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Archbold, from the people who make the trip.
More of Archbold
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.