Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Coshocton have lower incomes than those in 89% of U.S. towns
About one in three work in Coshocton; the top destination outside it is Tuscarawas Township (7%, 2 miles). 25.9% of residents are in poverty, where Ohio as a whole has 13.3%. Coshocton grades D for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Coshocton in brief
Why Coshocton gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Coshocton is better than 8% of U.S. towns, #969 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Coshocton’s grade up (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coshocton could be anywhere from D− to C−.
About 18 minutes each way for Coshocton’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coshocton workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,391 commuters (the 8% 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.
Who works in Coshocton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,103 residents head out to work, 1,364 work right here, and 3,409 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 (1.07 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 towns that employ Coshocton’s residents
Where Coshocton clocks in
5% 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.
Goods, not services: 28% of the jobs in Coshocton
4,773 jobs are based in Coshocton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coshocton, 2013 → 2023: 6,165 → 4,773. 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 Coshocton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Coshocton commutes
About 24% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Coshocton
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Coshocton is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #96 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Coshocton 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 4,797 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). 13.7% of Coshocton households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Coshocton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Coshocton and other U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | 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 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 5 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,404 | Alpena MI | 10,088 | $48K | 21.2% | 6.4% | 39% | D |
| 2,405 | Las Vegas NM | 12,574 | $45K | 32.0% | 4.8% | 46% | D |
| 2,406 | Coshocton OH | 11,169 | $49K | 25.9% | 7.4% | 31% | D |
| 2,407 | Raymondville TX | 10,082 | $51K | 31.0% | 9.1% | 13% | D |
| 2,408 | Price UT | 8,368 | $53K | 17.7% | 7.4% | 33% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Coshocton, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Coshocton and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coshocton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coshocton | – | D | A− | 18 min | $48,731 |
| Tuscarawas Township | 7% | D− | C− | 30 min | $29,375 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 36 min | $76,944 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Tuscarawas Township. Darker towns draw more of Coshocton’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 Coshocton: questions
What is the median household income in Coshocton?
$48,731 (±$5,110) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coshocton?
25.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coshocton?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coshocton work?
31% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tuscarawas Township (7%, 2 mi), Columbus (5%, 63 mi), Zanesville (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coshocton walkable?
Coshocton is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coshocton without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coshocton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coshocton
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.