Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of De Graff commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for De Graff are B for jobs and income and C− for walkability. There are 234 jobs in De Graff, against 563 working residents. Only 2% work in De Graff itself; outside it, Bellefontaine draws the most (11%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from De Graff, in brief
How De Graff earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, De Graff is better than 56% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds De Graff’s grade up (7.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, De Graff could be anywhere from C− to A.
About 31 minutes to work from De Graff
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of De Graff workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 838 commuters (the 16% 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 De Graff, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 549 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 220 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in De Graff 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.
Where De Graff’s working residents head each day
Where De Graff clocks in
11% of workers
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.
The kinds of work in De Graff
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in De Graff, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 234. 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 De Graff’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from De Graff, by distance
About 18% 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.
Few in De Graff walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, De Graff is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 997 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). 10.1% of De Graff households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of De Graff’s commuters take a bus or train.
De Graff is 1,369th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,367 | Watertown TN | 1,691 | $68K | 7.3% | 5.5% | 2% | B |
| 1,368 | Killington VT | 1,387 | $81K | 5.3% | 5.0% | 30% | B |
| 1,369 | De Graff OH | 1,256 | $84K | 7.5% | 3.9% | 2% | B |
| 1,370 | South Macon Township IL | 1,401 | $78K | 6.1% | 1.7% | 10% | B |
| 1,371 | Egremont MA | 1,369 | $101K | 8.0% | 0.0% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 De Graff, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around De Graff: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | De Graff workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Graff | – | B | C− | 31 min | $84,128 |
| Miami Township | under 3% | B+ | C− | 30 min | $73,964 |
| Pleasant Township | under 3% | B | D− | 25 min | $97,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of De Graff’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 De Graff: questions
What is the median household income in De Graff?
$84,128 (±$16,618) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in De Graff?
7.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from De Graff?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in De Graff work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bellefontaine (11%, 9 mi), Columbus (5%, 54 mi), Washington Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is De Graff walkable?
De Graff is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around De Graff without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from De Graff, from the people who make the trip.
More of De Graff
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.