Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Cranberry Township have lower incomes than those in 61% of U.S. towns
4% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole. 9.1% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.3% across Ohio. The two grades for Cranberry Township are C+ 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
Cranberry Township and work: the main findings
Cranberry Township makes and builds things
44% of the jobs based in Cranberry Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Cranberry Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 37%. The jobs ↓
Few Cranberry Township 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 ↓
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; with 646 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Cranberry Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Cranberry Township is better than 37% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Cranberry Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.3%) is left out: Cranberry Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cranberry Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Cranberry Township works in goods: 44% of its jobs
491 jobs are based in Cranberry Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cranberry Township, 2013 → 2023: 457 → 491. 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 Cranberry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Cranberry Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cranberry Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 702 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.
The daily flow of workers through Cranberry Township
On a workday 555 residents head out to work, 91 work right here, and 400 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Cranberry Township on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 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.
9% of working residents work in New Washington
Where Cranberry Township clocks in
9% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Miles to work from Cranberry Township
About 27% 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.
Cranberry Township is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cranberry Township is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Cranberry Township 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 728 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). 1.6% of Cranberry Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Cranberry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cranberry Township places 2,881st of 5,877 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 28 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 51 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 62 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,879 | Frankfort OH | 1,094 | $68K | 9.7% | 0.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,880 | York Township OH | 1,279 | $73K | 16.2% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,881 | Cranberry Township OH | 1,422 | $68K | 9.1% | 1.3% | 14% | C+ |
| 2,882 | Kingstown MD | 1,713 | $94K | 19.7% | 3.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,883 | Wyoming DE | 1,865 | $70K | 18.5% | 12.3% | 1% | C+ |
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| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Cranberry Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Cranberry Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cranberry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranberry Township | – | C+ | A− | 24 min | $68,214 |
| Sandusky Township | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Chatfield Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Auburn Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Venice Township | under 3% | B | C+ | 21 min | $86,442 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sandusky Township and Chatfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Auburn Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cranberry 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 Cranberry Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cranberry Township?
$68,214 (±$18,448) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cranberry Township?
9.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cranberry Township?
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 Cranberry Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Washington (9%, 1 mi), Columbus (9%, 67 mi), Bucyrus (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cranberry Township walkable?
Cranberry Township is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cranberry Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cranberry Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cranberry 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.