Eliphalet Austin House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainEarning a living in Austinburg Township
Only 5% stay in Austinburg Township for work; outside it, Ashtabula is the main destination (9%, 9 miles). Austinburg Township grades B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Austinburg Township: the gist
How Austinburg Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Austinburg Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Austinburg Township’s grade up ($80,750, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.4%) is left out: Austinburg Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Austinburg Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Austinburg Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 862 commuters (the 8% 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.
Who works in Austinburg Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 826 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 971 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 (1.17 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 Austinburg Township’s working residents head each day
Where Austinburg Township clocks in
9% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 28% of the jobs in Austinburg Township
1,010 jobs are based in Austinburg Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Austinburg Township, 2013 → 2023: 896 → 1,010. 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 Austinburg Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Austinburg Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 15% 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 Austinburg Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Austinburg Township is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 938 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). 9.3% of Austinburg Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Austinburg Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900, Austinburg Township comes 2,375th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,373 | Milton Township MI | 2,485 | $89K | 6.7% | 3.1% | 5% | B− |
| 2,374 | Madison Township OH | 2,120 | $71K | 9.6% | 2.0% | 3% | B− |
| 2,375 | Austinburg Township OH | 2,162 | $81K | 10.4% | 5.4% | 5% | B− |
| 2,376 | Geronimo TX | 1,507 | $72K | 12.7% | 1.9% | 3% | B− |
| 2,377 | Benson UT | 1,776 | $93K | 7.9% | 7.9% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Austinburg Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Austinburg Township
The biggest share goes to Harpersfield Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Austinburg Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austinburg Township | – | B− | B | 28 min | $80,750 |
| Harpersfield Township | 3% | B | D | 34 min | $65,541 |
| Morgan Township | under 3% | B− | C+ | 33 min | $78,289 |
| Jefferson Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 28 min | $57,108 |
| Saybrook Township | 3% | C− | C | 22 min | $58,434 |
| Plymouth Township | under 3% | B− | D | 28 min | $70,455 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Austinburg Township’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 Austinburg Township: questions
What is the median household income in Austinburg Township?
$80,750 (±$21,864) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Austinburg Township?
10.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Austinburg Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Austinburg Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashtabula (9%, 9 mi), Geneva (9%, 6 mi), Jefferson (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Austinburg Township walkable?
Austinburg Township is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Austinburg Township without a car?
2% 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 Austinburg Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Austinburg Township
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.