Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Boston Township earn more than those in 70% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 2.7% of residents (Ohio 13.3%). Boston Township grades A+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Home is the office for 21% of workers (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Boston Township, in a few figures
A lot of Boston Township works from home
21% of Boston Township workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
32% of the jobs based in Boston Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 21% of Boston Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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 665 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Boston Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Boston Township is better than 95% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($91,875, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (9.0%) is left out: Boston Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Boston Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
From Boston Township, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boston Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 466 commuters (the 21% 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.
The kinds of work in Boston Township
913 jobs are based in Boston Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boston Township, 2013 → 2023: 782 → 913. 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 Boston Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Boston Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 647 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 895 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Boston Township on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 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.
13% of working residents work in Akron
Where Boston Township clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
Miles to work from Boston 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 Boston Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Boston Township is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Boston Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 593 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.0% of Boston Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Boston Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Boston Township comes 159th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 28 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 51 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 62 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 157 | Payne Township KS | 1,375 | $104K | 1.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 158 | Spencer Township OH | 1,873 | $105K | 1.5% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 159 | Boston Township OH | 1,396 | $92K | 2.7% | 9.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 160 | Bridgewater CT | 1,677 | $159K | 3.0% | 3.6% | 9% | A+ |
| 161 | Goose Lake Township IL | 1,784 | $117K | 0.0% | 10.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Boston Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door is work for 12% of Boston Township
The biggest share goes to Hudson (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Boston Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Township | – | A+ | B+ | 25 min | $91,875 |
| Cuyahoga Falls | 4% | B+ | B− | 22 min | $72,705 |
| Richfield Township | under 2% | A | C | 23 min | $112,188 |
| Sagamore Hills Township | under 2% | A− | C | 24 min | $90,604 |
| Boston Heights | 3% | A+ | C+ | 22 min | $121,250 |
| Northfield Center Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 20 min | $96,607 |
| Peninsula | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Hudson | 5% | A+ | B− | 27 min | $171,427 |
| Brecksville | under 2% | A | B+ | 26 min | $135,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Peninsula: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Boston 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 Boston Township: questions
What is the median household income in Boston Township?
$91,875 (±$31,207) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boston Township?
2.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boston Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boston Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Akron (13%, 11 mi), Cleveland (10%, 18 mi), Hudson (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Boston Township walkable?
Boston Township is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Boston Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Boston Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boston 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.