Photo: JonRidinger · CC BY 3.0Atwater has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
70 jobs are based in Atwater, against 403 working residents. Hardly any stay in Atwater for work; outside it, Akron is the main destination (12%, 19 miles). For 4% 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
Work in Atwater: the figures worth knowing
Atwater is a place people come home to
There are 70 jobs based in Atwater, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Atwater has about 410 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Atwater workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical 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 403 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Atwater: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 399 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Atwater on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 37 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Atwater workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 406 commuters (the 4% 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.
Out of Atwater to work: where people go
Where Atwater clocks in
12% of workers
5% 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.
Goods jobs make up 29% of work in Atwater
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Atwater, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 70. 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 Atwater’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Atwater commutes less than 18 miles
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.
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 Atwater: questions
What is the median household income in Atwater?
$56,467 (±$18,319) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Atwater?
4.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Atwater?
37 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Atwater work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Akron (12%, 19 mi), Atwater Township (5%, 2 mi), Alliance (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Atwater without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Atwater, from the people who make the trip.
More of Atwater
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.