Photo: Roseohioresident · Public domainAt 2.2%, unemployment in Carrollton is lower than in 82% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 80% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Carrollton are C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Carrollton in brief
Few Carrollton workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Carrollton gains people on a workday
About 3,700 people are in Carrollton on a workday afternoon, 21% more than the 3,100 who live here: 1,700 come in to work and 1,000 head out. Day and night ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Carrollton
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Carrollton is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #726 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Carrollton’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($55,750, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Carrollton could be anywhere from C− to B+.
How long Carrollton spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carrollton workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,215 commuters (the 0% 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.
A workday in Carrollton: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,022 residents head out to work, 294 work right here, and 1,659 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Carrollton on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 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.
8% of working residents work in Canton
Where Carrollton clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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.
What Carrollton’s employers do
1,953 jobs are based in Carrollton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carrollton, 2013 → 2023: 2,427 → 1,953. 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 Carrollton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Carrollton
About 19% 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.
Carrollton is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Carrollton is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns, #36 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 8.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,215 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). 7.3% of Carrollton households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Carrollton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,771 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100, Carrollton comes 2,791st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,789 | Rockfish NC | 3,574 | $64K | 15.2% | 3.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,790 | Perezville TX | 2,237 | $48K | 10.5% | 9.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,791 | Carrollton OH | 3,052 | $56K | 14.9% | 2.2% | 22% | C+ |
| 2,792 | Locust Township IL | 3,144 | $71K | 8.0% | 5.8% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,793 | Patoka Township IN | 2,759 | $67K | 16.2% | 1.9% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | 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 Carrollton, 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 Carrollton: questions
What is the median household income in Carrollton?
$55,750 (±$23,037) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carrollton?
14.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carrollton?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carrollton work?
22% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canton (8%, 21 mi), Minerva (4%, 10 mi), Center Township (3%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Carrollton walkable?
Carrollton is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Carrollton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carrollton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carrollton
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.