Photo: Ken Winters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Public domainConneaut has higher unemployment (12.5%) than 98% of U.S. towns
About one in four work in Conneaut itself; outside it, Ashtabula draws the most (8%, 12 miles). Jobs and income earn Conneaut D; getting around on foot earns it B−. For 4% 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
Jobs and commuting in Conneaut: the gist
Few Conneaut workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. 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.
The figures behind Conneaut’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Conneaut is better than 11% of U.S. towns, #956 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Conneaut’s grade up (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Conneaut could be anywhere from D to C−.
Commuting from Conneaut: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Conneaut workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,418 commuters (the 4% 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.
Where in the region Conneaut works
About 33% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Conneaut
On a workday 3,164 residents head out to work, 1,044 work right here, and 1,615 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Conneaut on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.63 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.
Where Conneaut’s working residents head each day
Where Conneaut clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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.
Making and building: 28% of jobs based in Conneaut
2,659 jobs are based in Conneaut.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Conneaut, 2013 → 2023: 2,868 → 2,659. 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 Conneaut’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Conneaut is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Conneaut is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #470 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Conneaut 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 4,609 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). 8.3% of Conneaut households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Conneaut’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Conneaut sits among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 4 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Marysville CA | 12,738 | $56K | 24.5% | 9.2% | 12% | D |
| 2,228 | Olean NY | 13,508 | $51K | 26.7% | 6.3% | 37% | D |
| 2,229 | Conneaut OH | 12,247 | $62K | 19.4% | 12.5% | 25% | D |
| 2,230 | Monroe GA | 16,507 | $45K | 33.8% | 11.6% | 14% | D |
| 2,231 | Coldwater MI | 14,216 | $51K | 21.3% | 8.3% | 35% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | 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 Conneaut, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Conneaut
The biggest share goes to North Kingsville (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Conneaut workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conneaut | – | D | B− | 24 min | $61,741 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | C | D | 28 min | $65,352 |
| North Kingsville | 3% | C | C− | 26 min | $61,840 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Conneaut’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 Conneaut: questions
What is the median household income in Conneaut?
$61,741 (±$7,998) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Conneaut?
19.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Conneaut?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Conneaut work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashtabula (8%, 12 mi), Cleveland (4%, 65 mi), Mentor (4%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Conneaut walkable?
Conneaut is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Conneaut without a car?
<1% 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 Conneaut, from the people who make the trip.
More of Conneaut
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.