Photo: Nyttend · Public domainCarey has lower unemployment (1.0%) than 94% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Carey B+; getting around on foot earns it C. 5% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole. About one in four work in Carey itself; outside it, Findlay draws the most (18%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Carey stands out on work
Carey makes and builds things
67% of the jobs based in Carey are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Carey residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 38%. The jobs ↓
Carey has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Carey went from 1,384 in 2013 to 2,661 in 2023, +92%. The jobs ↓
Carey is where the jobs are
Carey has 2,661 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Most jobs in Carey pay over $40,000 a year
74% of the jobs based in Carey pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Carey gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Carey is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #379 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Carey’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Carey could be anywhere from B− to A.
67% of the jobs in Carey make or build things
2,661 jobs are based in Carey.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carey, 2013 → 2023: 1,384 → 2,661. 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 Carey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Carey on a workday
On a workday 1,344 residents head out to work, 406 work right here, and 2,255 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,400 people are in Carey on a workday afternoon, 26% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The towns that send workers to Carey
Where Carey clocks in
18% of workers
9% 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.
How long Carey spends getting to work: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carey workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,817 commuters (the 5% 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 far Carey’s workers travel
About 18% 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.
Driving is how Carey gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Carey is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #706 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Carey near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,919 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). 2.1% of Carey households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Carey’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,281st of 4,355: where Carey ranks among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,279 | Redwood TX | 3,441 | $89K | 2.2% | 7.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,280 | Strasburg OH | 2,759 | $64K | 9.9% | 0.3% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,281 | Carey OH | 3,529 | $75K | 7.3% | 1.0% | 23% | B+ |
| 1,282 | Lancaster WI | 4,031 | $84K | 6.4% | 1.8% | 36% | B+ |
| 1,283 | Bradford Township PA | 4,471 | $90K | 4.7% | 2.7% | 17% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | 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 Carey, 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 Carey: questions
What is the median household income in Carey?
$75,069 (±$13,403) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carey?
7.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carey?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carey work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Findlay (18%, 15 mi), Upper Sandusky (9%, 10 mi), Tiffin (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Carey walkable?
Carey is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Carey without a car?
<1% 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 Carey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carey
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.