Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Berlin Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Berlin Township report 207 jobs; 857 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Berlin Township are B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Berlin Township
Berlin Township is a place people come home to
There are 207 jobs based in Berlin Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Berlin Township has about 1,300 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Berlin Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Berlin Township 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; with 857 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Berlin Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Berlin Township is better than 53% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Berlin Township’s grade up (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Berlin 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, Berlin Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Berlin Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 831 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 181 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Berlin Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
The trip to work from Berlin Township: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Berlin Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 788 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.
9% of working residents work in Youngstown
Where Berlin Township clocks in
9% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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 kinds of work in Berlin Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Berlin Township, 2013 → 2023: 204 → 207. 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 Berlin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Berlin Township
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.
Getting around Berlin Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Berlin Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 801 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). 3.3% of Berlin Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Berlin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Berlin Township places 1,935th of 5,234 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,933 | Naples UT | 2,488 | $98K | 3.1% | 6.3% | 7% | B− |
| 1,934 | Union Township OH | 1,947 | $67K | 1.5% | 3.2% | <1% | B− |
| 1,935 | Berlin Township OH | 1,954 | $75K | 11.0% | 0.0% | 3% | B− |
| 1,936 | Lind WI | 1,550 | $79K | 5.6% | 2.7% | 1% | B− |
| 1,937 | Mount Pulaski IL | 1,499 | $66K | 5.9% | 2.9% | 14% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | 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 Berlin Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Berlin Township
The biggest share goes to Ellsworth Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Berlin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin Township | – | B− | C+ | 35 min | $75,324 |
| Deerfield Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 30 min | $59,321 |
| Milton Township | under 3% | B+ | B | 29 min | $82,500 |
| Ellsworth Township | 5% | A− | C− | 39 min | $84,050 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Berlin 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 Berlin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Berlin Township?
$75,324 (±$18,860) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Berlin Township?
11.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Berlin Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Berlin Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Youngstown (9%, 17 mi), Boardman Township (9%, 15 mi), Ellsworth Township (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Berlin Township walkable?
Berlin Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Berlin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Berlin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Berlin 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.