Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Charlestown Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Charlestown Township B; getting around on foot earns it C−. 103 jobs are based in Charlestown Township, and 838 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Charlestown Township itself; outside it, Ravenna draws the most (10%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Charlestown Township, in a few figures
The figures behind Charlestown Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Charlestown Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Charlestown Township’s grade up (2.4%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($61,948, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Charlestown Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Charlestown Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 828 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Charlestown Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Out of Charlestown Township to work: where people go
Where Charlestown Township clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
A place that makes things: 54% of Charlestown Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Charlestown Township, 2014 → 2024: 98 → 103. 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 Charlestown Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Charlestown Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Charlestown Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,047 commuters (the 12% 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 it is to work from Charlestown 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.
Driving is how Charlestown Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Charlestown Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,184 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). 7.0% of Charlestown Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Charlestown Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400, Charlestown Township ranks 1,707th of 6,085 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,705 | Franklin Township IN | 1,326 | $95K | 7.6% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,706 | West Stockbridge MA | 1,319 | $107K | 7.7% | 4.2% | 10% | B |
| 1,707 | Charlestown Township OH | 1,772 | $62K | 10.5% | 2.4% | 1% | B |
| 1,708 | Jackson Township OH | 1,756 | $82K | 0.0% | 2.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,709 | La Villita NM | 1,534 | $104K | 4.7% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Charlestown Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Charlestown Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Ravenna Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Charlestown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlestown Township | – | B | C− | 24 min | $61,948 |
| Edinburg Township | under 2% | A | C− | 28 min | $105,352 |
| Freedom Township | under 2% | C | D− | 25 min | $71,136 |
| Paris Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 34 min | $79,861 |
| Ravenna Township | 2% | B+ | C | 21 min | $63,875 |
| Rootstown Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 27 min | $89,185 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Charlestown 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 Charlestown Township: questions
What is the median household income in Charlestown Township?
$61,948 (±$18,557) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Charlestown Township?
10.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Charlestown Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Charlestown Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ravenna (10%, 5 mi), Streetsboro (8%, 12 mi), Akron (7%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Charlestown Township walkable?
Charlestown Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Charlestown Township without a car?
<1% 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 Charlestown Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Charlestown 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.