Heckler Farmhouse · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Crestline works elsewhere
834 jobs are based in Crestline for 1,980 working residents. The two grades for Crestline are C− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Measured by household income, Crestline is behind 86% 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 Crestline
Many jobs in Crestline pay little
28% of the jobs based in Crestline pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Crestline
54% of Crestline residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Crestline pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Crestline
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Crestline is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #897 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Crestline’s grade up (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($51,766, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Crestline could be anywhere from D to C+.
What Crestline’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crestline, 2013 → 2023: 797 → 834. 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 Crestline’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Crestline by day
On a workday 1,814 residents head out to work, 166 work right here, and 668 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Crestline on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Mansfield
Where Crestline clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
The trip to work from Crestline: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crestline workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,790 commuters (the 11% 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 Crestline commutes
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.
Crestline is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Crestline is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #269 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Crestline 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 2,003 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). 7.7% of Crestline households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Crestline’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Crestline is 3,360th among 4,088 U.S. towns of 3,100 to 6,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,358 | Lee Township MI | 4,075 | $54K | 28.1% | 3.9% | 3% | C− |
| 3,359 | Laurel Bay SC | 5,882 | $54K | 17.5% | 4.5% | 3% | C− |
| 3,360 | Crestline OH | 4,487 | $52K | 14.4% | 6.6% | 8% | C− |
| 3,361 | Tioga NY | 4,291 | $69K | 11.3% | 10.4% | 6% | C− |
| 3,362 | Wayland NY | 3,665 | $65K | 20.0% | 4.3% | 21% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,088 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Crestline, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Crestline and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Galion (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crestline workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crestline | – | C− | B | 25 min | $51,766 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B | C | 26 min | $81,094 |
| Galion | 7% | C− | B | 27 min | $52,176 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crestline’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 Crestline: questions
What is the median household income in Crestline?
$51,766 (±$6,416) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crestline?
14.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crestline?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crestline work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mansfield (13%, 11 mi), Columbus (10%, 56 mi), Galion (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crestline walkable?
Crestline is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crestline without a car?
0% 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 Crestline, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crestline
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.