Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Cridersville works elsewhere
442 jobs are based in Cridersville, and 849 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Cridersville are C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Cridersville is behind 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Cridersville apart
Fewer jobs are based in Cridersville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Cridersville fell from 1,036 in 2014 to 442 in 2024, −57%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Cridersville’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 27 minutes, longer than the Ohio average of 23. Time on the road ↓
Few Cridersville workers work from home
Only 0% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 849 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Cridersville gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Cridersville is better than 21% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Cridersville’s grade up (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Cridersville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cridersville could be anywhere from D to C+.
In Cridersville, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cridersville, 2014 → 2024: 1,036 → 442. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cridersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Cridersville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cridersville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 612 commuters (the 0% 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.
In and out of Cridersville on a workday
On a workday 830 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 423 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Cridersville on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2024, primary jobs.
17% of working residents work in Lima
Where Cridersville clocks in
17% of workers
16% 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.
How far Cridersville goes to work
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Cridersville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cridersville is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 612 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). 4.5% of Cridersville households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cridersville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Cridersville ranks: 4,234th of 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,232 | Gaylord MN | 2,353 | $57K | 15.0% | 5.0% | 31% | C− |
| 4,233 | Park River ND | 1,363 | $69K | 11.3% | 1.6% | 37% | C− |
| 4,234 | Cridersville OH | 1,767 | $55K | 18.2% | 6.5% | 2% | C− |
| 4,235 | Lancaster Township IN | 1,486 | $80K | 18.5% | 1.8% | 1% | C− |
| 4,236 | Deer Isle ME | 2,132 | $62K | 19.1% | 2.9% | 24% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Cridersville, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Cridersville: questions
What is the median household income in Cridersville?
$55,221 (±$15,943) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cridersville?
18.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cridersville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cridersville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lima (17%, 6 mi), Wapakoneta (16%, 6 mi), Shawnee Township (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Cridersville walkable?
Cridersville is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cridersville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cridersville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cridersville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.