Photo: SilentMatt Psychedelic · CC BY-SA 4.0At 2.9%, unemployment in Brimfield Township is lower than in 71% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 26 minutes each way, where Ohio has 23 and the U.S. 26. The two grades for Brimfield Township are A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 5% work in Brimfield Township itself; outside it, Akron draws the most (16%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Brimfield Township: the gist
Where Brimfield Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brimfield Township is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #266 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Brimfield Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brimfield Township could be anywhere from B to A.
The places Brimfield Township commutes to
Where Brimfield Township clocks in
16% of workers
8% 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.
Brimfield Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 5,201 residents head out to work, 274 work right here, and 3,683 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Brimfield Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Factories, building and farms: 28% of the jobs in Brimfield Township
3,957 jobs are based in Brimfield Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brimfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,285 → 3,957. 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 Brimfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Brimfield Township’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brimfield Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,909 commuters (the 19% 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.
How many miles Brimfield Township commutes
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.
Most trips from Brimfield Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brimfield Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns, #399 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,063 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). 1.9% of Brimfield Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brimfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Brimfield Township places 809th of 2,695 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 5 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 807 | Springfield Township OH | 12,262 | $88K | 8.1% | 2.1% | 5% | A− |
| 808 | Kenilworth NJ | 8,602 | $119K | 6.4% | 6.3% | 7% | A− |
| 809 | Brimfield Township OH | 11,511 | $91K | 7.5% | 2.9% | 5% | A− |
| 810 | Perry Township OH | 8,835 | $104K | 6.2% | 3.4% | 12% | A− |
| 811 | Tucson Mountains AZ | 11,353 | $134K | 8.9% | 3.0% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Brimfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 15% of Brimfield Township
The biggest share goes to Kent (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brimfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brimfield Township | – | A− | B− | 26 min | $91,132 |
| Kent | 8% | B | A | 21 min | $42,964 |
| Tallmadge | 4% | A− | C+ | 25 min | $89,410 |
| Rootstown Township | under 3% | B+ | C | 27 min | $89,185 |
| Suffield Township | under 3% | A− | D | 27 min | $81,250 |
| Stow | 3% | A− | B | 24 min | $93,727 |
| Mogadore | under 3% | A− | B− | 22 min | $82,557 |
| Franklin Township | under 3% | B+ | A− | 19 min | $64,034 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brimfield 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 Brimfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brimfield Township?
$91,132 (±$12,495) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brimfield Township?
7.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brimfield Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brimfield Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Akron (16%, 9 mi), Kent (8%, 4 mi), Cleveland (5%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brimfield Township walkable?
Brimfield Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brimfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brimfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brimfield 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.