Photo: SilentMatt Psychedelic · CC BY-SA 4.0Copley Township has higher household incomes than 86% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Copley Township A; getting around on foot earns it C. 4.8% of residents live below the poverty line, where Ohio as a whole has 13.3%. Only 7% stay in Copley Township for work; outside it, Akron is the main destination (23%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Copley Township and work: the main findings
Copley Township and Akron trade workers both ways
Akron is the top workplace for Copley Township residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Copley Township come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Copley Township draws workers from far and wide
The 6,380 jobs in Copley Township are filled from a wide area. Copley Township’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 36%; the other 55% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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 Copley Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Copley Township is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #85 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Copley Township’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Copley Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Where the trip to work from Copley Township ends
Where Copley Township clocks in
23% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
How many people are in Copley Township by day
On a workday 7,221 residents head out to work, 550 work right here, and 5,830 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The 6,380 jobs based in Copley Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Copley Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,406 → 6,380. 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 Copley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Copley Township: 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 Copley Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,679 commuters (the 17% 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 many miles Copley Township commutes
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.
For most of Copley Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Copley Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #647 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% 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 9,287 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.5% of Copley Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Copley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
194th of 1,915: where Copley Township ranks among U.S. towns of 13,000 to 25,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Powell OH | 18,269 | $195K | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 192 | Scarborough ME | 24,547 | $134K | 4.4% | 2.2% | 19% | A |
| 193 | Montville Township OH | 13,517 | $142K | 5.0% | 2.7% | 4% | A |
| 194 | Copley Township OH | 18,482 | $115K | 4.8% | 2.6% | 7% | A |
| 195 | Mapleton UT | 16,275 | $133K | 2.7% | 2.3% | 6% | A |
| 196 | Wolcott CT | 16,573 | $111K | 1.8% | 3.4% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,915 | 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 Copley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
30% of Copley Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Copley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copley Township | – | A | C | 22 min | $115,338 |
| Fairlawn | 5% | A | B− | 22 min | $97,055 |
| Akron | 23% | C− | A− | 22 min | $48,076 |
| Norton | under 2% | A− | C | 23 min | $90,464 |
| Montrose-Ghent | 2% | A+ | C+ | 40 min | $180,250 |
| Bath Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 34 min | $167,699 |
| Sharon Township | under 2% | A+ | D | 23 min | $125,886 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Akron. Darker towns draw more of Copley 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 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 Copley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Copley Township?
$115,338 (±$8,101) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Copley Township?
4.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Copley Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Copley Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Akron (23%, 6 mi), Cleveland (7%, 27 mi), Fairlawn (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Copley Township walkable?
Copley Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Copley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Copley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Copley Township
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.