Photo: Jack Pearce · CC BY-SA 2.0At 6.5%, unemployment in Canfield Township is higher than in 78% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Canfield Township itself; outside it, Boardman Township draws the most (15%, 5 miles). The two grades for Canfield Township are B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. At 23 minutes each way, commutes from Canfield Township run about the Ohio average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Canfield Township: the gist
Canfield Township trades workers with the towns around it
Canfield Township has about as many jobs (6,246) as working residents (7,125), but they are mostly different people: 6,283 residents leave for work each day while 5,404 people come in. Only 13% of the jobs in Canfield Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Canfield Township and Boardman Township trade workers both ways
Boardman Township is the top workplace for Canfield Township residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Canfield Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 Canfield Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Canfield Township is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #385 of 992 in Ohio. Household income holds Canfield Township’s grade up ($101,360, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Canfield Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
In and out of Canfield Township on a workday
On a workday 6,283 residents head out to work, 842 work right here, and 5,404 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 (0.88 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 Canfield Township work
Where Canfield Township clocks in
15% of workers
14% 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.
What the 6,246 jobs in Canfield Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Canfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 5,570 → 6,246. 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 Canfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Canfield Township: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Canfield Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,379 commuters (the 16% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Canfield Township
About 15% 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 Canfield Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Canfield Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #590 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% 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 7,571 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). 3.3% of Canfield Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Canfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 12,000 to 23,000, Canfield Township ranks 913th of 1,999 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Powell OH | 18,269 | $195K | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Bexley OH | 12,452 | $158K | 3.5% | 2.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 911 | Pinehurst NC | 18,670 | $110K | 4.3% | 5.2% | 24% | B+ |
| 912 | Cudahy WI | 17,655 | $67K | 11.4% | 2.4% | 9% | B+ |
| 913 | Canfield Township OH | 16,694 | $101K | 5.4% | 6.5% | 12% | B+ |
| 914 | Collingswood NJ | 14,386 | $90K | 9.5% | 5.5% | 6% | B+ |
| 915 | Brook Park OH | 18,195 | $71K | 8.9% | 3.7% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,999 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Canfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
20% of Canfield Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Canfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canfield Township | – | B+ | C+ | 23 min | $101,360 |
| Austintown Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 22 min | $56,628 |
| Austintown | 5% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Ellsworth Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 39 min | $84,050 |
| Boardman Township | 15% | B− | B− | 22 min | $66,619 |
Same-state neighbors only. Austintown: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Boardman Township. Darker towns draw more of Canfield 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 Canfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Canfield Township?
$101,360 (±$13,103) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Canfield Township?
5.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Canfield Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Canfield Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boardman Township (15%, 5 mi), Youngstown (14%, 8 mi), Austintown (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Canfield Township walkable?
Canfield Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Canfield Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Canfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Canfield 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.