Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Calcutta trail those of 76% of U.S. towns
Only 7% work in Calcutta itself; outside it, East Liverpool draws the most (10%, 4 miles). 9.1% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.3% across Ohio. Calcutta grades B− for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Calcutta stands out on work
Calcutta trades workers with the towns around it
Calcutta has about as many jobs (1,438) as working residents (1,586), but they are mostly different people: 1,481 residents leave for work each day while 1,333 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Calcutta are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Calcutta
56% of Calcutta residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 32% of the jobs based in Calcutta pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Calcutta than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Calcutta fell from 2,012 in 2013 to 1,438 in 2023, −29%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Calcutta are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Calcutta pay little
27% of the jobs based in Calcutta pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 31% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Calcutta
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Calcutta is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #625 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Calcutta’s grade up (3.1%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($58,793, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Calcutta could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Calcutta
On a workday 1,481 residents head out to work, 105 work right here, and 1,333 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 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.
What work there is in Calcutta: 1,438 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Calcutta, 2013 → 2023: 2,012 → 1,438. 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 Calcutta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Calcutta’s commute takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Calcutta workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,094 commuters (the 9% 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.
Out of Calcutta to work: where people go
Where Calcutta clocks in
10% of workers
3% 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 distance from Calcutta to work
About 21% 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.
For most of Calcutta, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Calcutta is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #621 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% 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 2,311 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). 5.2% of Calcutta households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Calcutta’s commuters take a bus or train.
Calcutta places 2,110th of 3,867 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Sharon Township OH | 6,117 | $126K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,108 | Odenville AL | 6,023 | $70K | 15.0% | 3.3% | 3% | B− |
| 2,109 | Vinton IA | 5,004 | $66K | 12.6% | 2.5% | 26% | B− |
| 2,110 | Calcutta OH | 4,754 | $59K | 9.1% | 3.1% | 7% | B− |
| 2,111 | West Reading PA | 4,590 | $66K | 14.8% | 4.6% | 11% | B− |
| 2,112 | Rockport ME | 3,628 | $87K | 5.3% | 6.6% | 24% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,867 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Calcutta, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Calcutta and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Glenmoor (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Calcutta’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 Calcutta: questions
What is the median household income in Calcutta?
$58,793 (±$14,149) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Calcutta?
9.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Calcutta?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Calcutta work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Liverpool (10%, 4 mi), St. Clair Township (3%, 1 mi), Lisbon (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Calcutta walkable?
Calcutta is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Calcutta 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 Calcutta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Calcutta
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.