With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Carlisle Township works elsewhere
Only 3% work in Carlisle Township itself; outside it, Elyria draws the most (14%, 5 miles). Employers in Carlisle Township report 1,395 jobs, against 3,287 working residents. Jobs and income earn Carlisle Township B+; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How Carlisle Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Carlisle Township is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #382 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Carlisle Township’s grade up (ahead of 81% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Carlisle Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Who leaves Carlisle Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,180 residents head out to work, 107 work right here, and 1,288 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,200 people are in Carlisle Township on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Carlisle Township commutes to
Where Carlisle Township clocks in
14% of workers
12% 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.
In Carlisle Township, 32% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carlisle Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,424 → 1,395. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carlisle Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Carlisle Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carlisle Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,943 commuters (the 8% 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 Carlisle Township
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Carlisle Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Carlisle Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #641 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,188 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). 2.5% of Carlisle Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Carlisle Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Carlisle Township is 1,175th among 3,164 U.S. towns of 5,000 to 9,600
| # | 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 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,173 | Archer Lodge NC | 5,649 | $91K | 17.4% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,174 | Howard Township MI | 6,255 | $79K | 5.7% | 3.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,175 | Carlisle Township OH | 7,131 | $87K | 5.8% | 5.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,176 | Lochmoor Waterway Estates FL | 6,511 | $98K | 9.6% | 4.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,177 | Selinsgrove PA | 5,488 | $66K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,164 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Carlisle Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
16% of Carlisle Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Carlisle Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle Township | – | B+ | C | 23 min | $86,944 |
| Elyria | 14% | C | C+ | 23 min | $54,945 |
| Eaton Township | under 2% | A− | D | 24 min | $77,143 |
| Grafton | 2% | B | B− | 27 min | $90,724 |
| New Russia Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 27 min | $82,583 |
| LaGrange Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 27 min | $90,966 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Elyria. Darker towns draw more of Carlisle 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 2024, 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 Carlisle Township: questions
What is the median household income in Carlisle Township?
$86,944 (±$8,205) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carlisle Township?
5.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carlisle Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carlisle Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elyria (14%, 5 mi), Cleveland (12%, 26 mi), Westlake (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Carlisle Township walkable?
Carlisle Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Carlisle Township 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 Carlisle Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carlisle Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.