Photo: Bwsmith84 · CC BY 3.0Households in Cadiz earn less than those in 93% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Cadiz C+; getting around on foot earns it B. The poverty rate is 12.1% (Ohio 13.3%). About one in four stay in Cadiz for work; outside it, Steubenville is the main destination (7%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Cadiz
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cadiz is better than 37% of U.S. towns, #754 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Cadiz’s grade up (1.4%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($44,113, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cadiz could be anywhere from C− to B.
How a workday changes Cadiz
On a workday 872 residents head out to work, 271 work right here, and 1,327 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Cadiz on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 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.
Where people from Cadiz work
Where Cadiz clocks in
7% of workers
4% 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.
What Cadiz’s employers do
1,598 jobs are based in Cadiz.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cadiz, 2013 → 2023: 1,482 → 1,598. 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 Cadiz’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Cadiz’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cadiz workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,092 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.
The distance from Cadiz to work
About 24% 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.
In Cadiz, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cadiz is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #319 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,179 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). 4.9% of Cadiz households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cadiz’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Cadiz is 2,851st of 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,849 | Kahuku HI | 2,375 | $75K | 8.0% | 6.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,850 | Thornton IL | 2,299 | $60K | 15.1% | 7.0% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,851 | Cadiz OH | 2,960 | $44K | 12.1% | 1.4% | 24% | C+ |
| 2,852 | Italy TX | 2,140 | $61K | 11.1% | 5.1% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,853 | Center Township IN | 2,603 | $63K | 6.7% | 4.8% | 9% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Cadiz, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Cadiz and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Cadiz Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cadiz workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadiz | – | C+ | B | 23 min | $44,113 |
| Cadiz Township | 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Green Township | under 2% | D | B | 28 min | $41,698 |
| Short Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Archer Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cadiz Township and Short Creek Township: not graded. Archer Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cadiz’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 Cadiz: questions
What is the median household income in Cadiz?
$44,113 (±$13,404) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cadiz?
12.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cadiz?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cadiz work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Steubenville (7%, 19 mi), Richland Township (4%, 14 mi), Hopedale (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cadiz walkable?
Cadiz is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cadiz without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cadiz, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cadiz
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.