Photo: SilentMatt Psychedelic · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Bolton works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Ohio has 13%. Bolton has 122 jobs; 326 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Bolton itself; outside it, Alliance draws the most (15%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Bolton: the gist
Bolton and Alliance trade workers both ways
Alliance is the top workplace for Bolton residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Bolton come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Bolton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Bolton workers work from home
Only 0% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 326 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Bolton: the destinations
Where Bolton clocks in
15% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
Commuting from Bolton: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bolton workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 156 commuters (the 0% 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.
In and out of Bolton on a workday
On a workday 323 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Bolton on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Bolton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bolton, 2014 → 2024: 135 → 122. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bolton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Bolton commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 2024, 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 Bolton: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bolton?
36.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bolton?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bolton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alliance (15%, 2 mi), Canton (9%, 15 mi), Akron (8%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bolton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 48% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bolton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bolton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.