Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Chardon has 2.0 jobs per working resident, and 4,150 people come in to work
Jobs and income earn Chardon A−; getting around on foot earns it A−. Employers in Chardon report 4,470 jobs; 2,280 of its residents have a job. About one in seven stay in Chardon for work; outside it, Cleveland is the main destination (10%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Chardon at work: what stands out
Chardon is where the jobs are
Chardon has 4,470 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 7,400 people are in town, 42% more than the 5,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
Chardon’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Chardon is Cleveland, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (225) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
Why Chardon gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Chardon is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #313 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Chardon’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chardon could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Who commutes out of Chardon, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,960 residents head out to work and 320 work right here.
About 7,400 people are in Chardon on a workday afternoon, 42% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far Chardon goes to work
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.
Where Chardon’s workforce comes from
Where Chardon clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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.
What Chardon’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chardon, 2013 → 2023: 4,362 → 4,470. 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 Chardon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way for Chardon’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chardon workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,932 commuters (the 18% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Chardon
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Chardon is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns, #137 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Chardon 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 2,353 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). 8.2% of Chardon households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Chardon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,582 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100, Chardon comes 944th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 942 | Danville NH | 4,650 | $115K | 12.1% | 1.6% | 2% | A− |
| 943 | Tuscarawas Township OH | 5,844 | $87K | 10.0% | 2.1% | 5% | A− |
| 944 | Chardon OH | 5,251 | $87K | 6.7% | 3.2% | 14% | A− |
| 945 | Rosewood Heights IL | 4,229 | $72K | 6.8% | 2.6% | 1% | A− |
| 946 | DeWitt IA | 5,704 | $93K | 2.8% | 4.1% | 24% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | 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 Chardon, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Chardon
The biggest share goes to Munson Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chardon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chardon | – | A− | A− | 25 min | $86,613 |
| Chardon Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Munson Township | 4% | A | C− | 27 min | $139,205 |
| Hambden Township | under 3% | A | C− | 27 min | $93,849 |
| Bass Lake | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Claridon Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 23 min | $85,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Chardon Township: not graded. Bass Lake: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chardon’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 Chardon: questions
What is the median household income in Chardon?
$86,613 (±$29,062) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chardon?
6.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chardon?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chardon work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (10%, 25 mi), Mentor (8%, 10 mi), Willoughby (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chardon walkable?
Chardon is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chardon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chardon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chardon
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.