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Jobs & commute in Curtice

Most of Curtice commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident

Household incomes here are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns. There are 57 jobs in Curtice; 631 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Curtice A; getting around on foot earns it D−.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out

The work figures that set Curtice apart

Jobs & income grade

How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Curtice

On income, poverty and job access, Curtice is better than 88% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 61% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.

Household income $104,226 (±$26,409) · OH $71,389 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 80% of U.S. towns
Poverty 3.8% · OH 13.3% · U.S. 12.5%Lower than 88% of U.S. towns
Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 61% of U.S. towns

Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Curtice’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.

B+A+

A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Curtice could be anywhere from B+ to A+.

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

★ What stands out · Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Curtice

On a workday 628 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.

628live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
54work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,500
Workday960
1,500live here− 630head out to work+ 54come in to work= 960on a workday

About 960 people are in Curtice on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.09jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

17% of working residents work in Toledo

Oak LawnElmoreOak HarborGenoa: 18 residents work here (3%)Port ClintonNorthwood: 18 residents work here (3%)Maumee: 19 residents work here (3%)Bowling Green: 14 residents work here (2%)Perrysburg: 26 residents work here (4%)Oregon: 62 residents work here (10%)Toledo: 107 residents work here (17%)Jerusalem TownshipClay Township: 17 residents work here (3%)Sylvania TownshipPerrysburg Township: 33 residents work here (5%)Lake Township: 18 residents work here (3%)Allen TownshipCurticeToledoOregonPerrysburg TownshipPerrysburgMaumeeGenoaCurtice
1
Toledo11.2 mi away
17%107
2
Oregon4.3 mi away
10%62
35%33
4
Perrysburg14.9 mi away
4%26
5
Maumee15.5 mi away
3%19
6
Genoa6.8 mi away
3%18
7
Northwood5.6 mi away
3%18
8
Lake Township6.6 mi away
3%18
9
Clay Township6.2 mi away
3%17
10
Bowling Green21.8 mi away
2%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%299
The top trips

Where Curtice clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

A place that makes things: 39% of Curtice’s jobs are in goods

Jobs based in CurticeJobs Curtice residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms39%26%
Trade, transport & utilities11%22%
Services: health, schools, offices51%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less25%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%24%
Over $3,333 a month35%61%

Who does it

29 or younger16%22%
30 to 5460%52%
55 and older25%26%
−58%

Jobs based in Curtice, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 57. 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 Curtice’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Curtice takes about 26 minutes

A year of commuting
201 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Curtice26 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Curtice workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Curtice gets to work
97%Drive alone
3%Carpool

Share of the 741 commuters (the 7% 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 far

How many miles Curtice commutes

10 mi25 mi30 miToledo: 17% · 11.2 miOregon: 10% · 4.3 miPerrysburg Township: 5% · 12.1 miPerrysburg: 4% · 14.9 miMaumee: 3% · 15.5 miGenoa: 3% · 6.8 miNorthwood: 3% · 5.6 miLake Township: 3% · 6.6 miClay Township: 3% · 6.2 miBowling Green: 2% · 21.8 miToledo 17%Oregon 10%Perrysburg Township 5%Maumee 3%Curtice
CurticeTop destinations (size = commuters)
42%Under 10 mi264 residents
31%10–24 mi195 residents
6%25–50 mi39 residents
21%Over 50 mi132 residents

About 21% 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.

Getting around · Walkability grade

Getting around Curtice: mostly by car

On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Curtice is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Curtice near the same point nationally.

EPA walkability index 4.4 of 20 · typical OH town 5.9 · U.S. 6.9Higher than 13% of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 0.0% of commuters · OH 3.7% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 7% of U.S. towns
D−D−

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 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). 1.6% of Curtice households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Curtice’s commuters take a bus or train.

Towns its size

Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Curtice ranks 369th of 5,794 on jobs and income

#TownPeopleHousehold incomePovertyUnemploymentWork in townGrade
1Somerset MD1,151$250K1.9%2.3%<1%A+
2Chevy Chase Village MD1,978$250K1.2%2.6%3%A+
3Bellerose NY1,169$232K1.6%6.1%1%A+
…
25New California OH1,672$162K0.0%1.1%<1%A+
…
48Millcreek Township OH1,562$151K2.3%0.0%1%A+
…
61Bratenahl OH1,396$138K4.4%0.8%1%A+
…
367Hartland CT1,928$113K4.7%2.4%6%A
368Aztalan WI1,373$105K4.8%1.4%1%A
369Curtice OH1,535$104K3.8%0.0%<1%A
370Marion Township IN1,260$91K3.5%2.4%<1%A
371West Pasco WA1,122$120K5.0%5.3%<1%A
…
5,794Paraje NM1,333$33K61.7%0.0%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 Curtice, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.

Next door

Curtice and its neighbors: 10% work next door

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Oregon20 min
Curtice26 min
Jerusalem Township32 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownCurtice workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Curtice–AD−26 min$104,226
Oregon10%B+B20 min$82,197
Jerusalem Townshipunder 3%B+D32 min$92,589

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Oregon. Darker towns draw more of Curtice’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Curtice: questions

What is the median household income in Curtice?

$104,226 (±$26,409) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Curtice?

3.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Curtice?

26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Curtice work?

<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toledo (17%, 11 mi), Oregon (10%, 4 mi), Perrysburg Township (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Is Curtice walkable?

Curtice is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.

Can you get around Curtice without a car?

0% 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 Curtice, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Curtice

Curtice home →

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.