Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs, income and commuting in Austintown, OH
7% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole. About one in ten stay in Austintown for work; outside it, Youngstown is the main destination (15%, 5 miles). Working residents average 22 minutes each way, where Ohio has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Austintown, in brief
Austintown and Youngstown trade workers both ways
Youngstown is the top workplace for Austintown residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Austintown come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Austintown residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. 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.
Commuting out of Austintown: the destinations
Where Austintown clocks in
15% of workers
11% 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.
Where in the region Austintown works
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.
Who commutes out of Austintown, and who commutes in
On a workday 10,647 residents head out to work, 1,389 work right here, and 7,919 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 (0.77 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.
What Austintown’s employers do
9,308 jobs are based in Austintown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Austintown, 2013 → 2023: 10,230 → 9,308. 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 Austintown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Austintown: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Austintown workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13,780 commuters (the 7% 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.
Austintown and its neighbors: 17% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Austintown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austintown | – | — | — | 22 min | $52,978 |
| Youngstown | 15% | D | A− | 20 min | $34,408 |
| Canfield Township | 2% | B+ | C+ | 23 min | $101,360 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Youngstown. Darker towns draw more of Austintown’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 Austintown: questions
What is the median household income in Austintown?
$52,978 (±$4,554) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Austintown?
16.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Austintown?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Austintown work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Youngstown (15%, 5 mi), Boardman Township (11%, 6 mi), Lordstown (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Austintown without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Austintown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Austintown
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.