Photo: Jack Pearce · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in Canfield have higher incomes than those in 75% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Canfield is better than 72% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (C+). 4.1% of residents live below the poverty line (Ohio 13.3%). Only 6% work in Canfield; the top destination outside it is Boardman Township (14%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Canfield: the figures worth knowing
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Canfield
The poverty rate holds Canfield’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (6.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Canfield could be anywhere from B− to A.
How a workday changes Canfield
On a workday 2,941 residents head out to work, 198 work right here, and 2,467 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 (0.85 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.
Out of Canfield to work: where people go
Where Canfield clocks in
14% of workers
13% of workers
6% 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 2,665 jobs based in Canfield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Canfield, 2013 → 2023: 2,593 → 2,665. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Canfield: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Canfield workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,755 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.
Half of Canfield commutes less than 9 miles
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 Canfield, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.1% 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 3,403 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). 3.9% of Canfield households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Canfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Canfield places 1,048th of 3,071 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 5,300 to 10,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 26 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,046 | Pismo Beach CA | 7,911 | $118K | 6.9% | 4.4% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,047 | Mascotte FL | 10,150 | $84K | 4.6% | 1.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,048 | Canfield OH | 7,584 | $97K | 4.1% | 6.0% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,049 | Litchfield CT | 8,381 | $103K | 4.9% | 5.1% | 17% | B+ |
| 1,050 | Salem Township OH | 5,661 | $96K | 6.4% | 4.7% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,071 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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: questions
What is the median household income in Canfield?
$97,439 (±$15,896) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Canfield?
4.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Canfield?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Canfield work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boardman Township (14%, 6 mi), Youngstown (13%, 8 mi), Canfield Township (6%, 0 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Canfield walkable?
Canfield is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Canfield without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Canfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Canfield
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.