Photo: Analogue Kid · CC BY-SA 3.0At 6.8%, unemployment in Circleville is higher than in 81% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Circleville; the top destination outside it is Columbus (23%, 27 miles). The two grades for Circleville are C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Measured by household income, Circleville is behind 74% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Circleville
Jobs & income in Circleville: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Circleville’s grade up (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Circleville could be anywhere from D to B.
How many miles Circleville commutes
About 18% 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.
Who works in Circleville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 5,627 residents head out to work, 739 work right here, and 3,671 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Circleville on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Circleville: the destinations
Where Circleville clocks in
23% of workers
3% 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.
Inside Circleville’s 4,410 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Circleville, 2013 → 2023: 4,778 → 4,410. 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 Circleville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Circleville takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Circleville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,248 commuters (the 9% 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.
The commute in Circleville is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Circleville is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #382 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,763 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). 11.0% of Circleville households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Circleville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Circleville places 2,007th of 2,362 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,005 | Eel Township IN | 18,549 | $48K | 16.9% | 4.4% | 26% | C− |
| 2,006 | Melvindale MI | 12,325 | $42K | 39.1% | 6.1% | 4% | C− |
| 2,007 | Circleville OH | 14,634 | $60K | 18.9% | 6.8% | 12% | C− |
| 2,008 | Port Lavaca TX | 11,060 | $70K | 10.2% | 10.5% | 24% | C− |
| 2,009 | Falls Township OH | 11,608 | $63K | 20.1% | 4.4% | 26% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Circleville, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Circleville
The biggest share goes to Circleville Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Circleville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circleville | – | C− | B− | 25 min | $60,296 |
| Circleville Township | 3% | B+ | C+ | 23 min | $70,435 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | A | D− | 27 min | $105,273 |
| Logan Elm Village | under 2% | B− | C+ | 20 min | $84,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Circleville’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 Circleville: questions
What is the median household income in Circleville?
$60,296 (±$5,826) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Circleville?
18.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Circleville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Circleville work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (23%, 27 mi), Grove City (3%, 20 mi), Circleville Township (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Circleville walkable?
Circleville is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Circleville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Circleville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Circleville
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.