Photo: 636Buster · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Churchill earn less than those in 89% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Churchill are C+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 12.0% of residents live below the poverty line; Ohio has 13.3%. Home is the office for 2% of workers, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Churchill: the figures worth knowing
Churchill is where the jobs are
Churchill has 1,518 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,300 people are in town, 42% more than the 1,600 who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Churchill workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Nearly all the work in Churchill is services
86% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 8% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 838 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Churchill’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Churchill is better than 38% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Churchill’s grade up (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($48,566, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (7.5%) is left out: Churchill’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Churchill could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Who leaves Churchill for work, and who comes in
On a workday 825 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 1,505 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Churchill on a workday afternoon, 42% more than live here.
1.8 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 2024, primary jobs.
Churchill’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Churchill workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 683 commuters (the 2% 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.
Most jobs in Churchill are in services
1,518 jobs are based in Churchill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Churchill, 2014 → 2024: 1,765 → 1,518. 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 Churchill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Churchill’s workforce comes from
Where Churchill clocks in
14% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Half of Churchill commutes less than 9 miles
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.
Most of Churchill commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Churchill is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Churchill 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 696 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). 3.5% of Churchill households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Churchill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200, Churchill ranks 3,057th of 6,161 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,055 | Wiconisco Township PA | 1,157 | $68K | 7.5% | 7.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 3,056 | Papaikou HI | 1,332 | $79K | 10.9% | 3.4% | <1% | C+ |
| 3,057 | Churchill OH | 1,608 | $49K | 12.0% | 7.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,058 | Lincoln NH | 1,664 | $71K | 6.2% | 2.9% | 37% | C+ |
| 3,059 | Urbana NY | 2,048 | $77K | 8.4% | 2.8% | 22% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | 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 Churchill, 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 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 Churchill: questions
What is the median household income in Churchill?
$48,566 (±$22,342) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Churchill?
12.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Churchill?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Churchill work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Youngstown (14%, 5 mi), Boardman Township (7%, 10 mi), Liberty Township (6%, 0 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Churchill walkable?
Churchill is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Churchill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Churchill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Churchill
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.