Photo: Bwsmith84 · CC BY 3.0More people are out of work in Dennison (13.2%) than in 98% of U.S. towns
Dennison grades D for jobs and income and B for walkability. Measured by household income, Dennison is behind 85% of U.S. towns. Only 5% work in Dennison itself; outside it, Uhrichsville draws the most (11%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Dennison and work: the main findings
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Dennison
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dennison is better than 10% of U.S. towns, #961 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Dennison’s grade up (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dennison could be anywhere from D to C+.
Jobs in Dennison: what the 499 are
499 jobs are based in Dennison.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dennison, 2013 → 2023: 662 → 499. 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 Dennison’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Dennison: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,121 residents head out to work, 58 work right here, and 441 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Dennison on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.42 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 places Dennison commutes to
Where Dennison clocks in
11% of workers
11% 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.
About 26 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dennison workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,022 commuters (the 6% 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 it is to work from Dennison
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Dennison is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dennison is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #272 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.1% of 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 1,089 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). 4.6% of Dennison households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dennison’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Dennison ranks: 4,228th of 4,797 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,226 | Escatawpa MS | 3,494 | $40K | 20.8% | 12.0% | 1% | D |
| 4,227 | Heflin AL | 3,572 | $47K | 17.9% | 6.3% | 17% | D |
| 4,228 | Dennison OH | 2,665 | $52K | 22.9% | 13.2% | 5% | D |
| 4,229 | Post TX | 3,494 | $41K | 9.8% | 8.6% | 33% | D |
| 4,230 | West End-Cobb Town AL | 3,453 | $55K | 22.7% | 15.3% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Dennison, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
15% of Dennison works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dennison workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennison | – | D | B | 26 min | $51,992 |
| Uhrichsville | 11% | D | A− | 24 min | $41,846 |
| Mill Township | 4% | D | B+ | 26 min | $54,216 |
| Union Township | under 2% | D | D− | 27 min | $49,602 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Uhrichsville. Darker towns draw more of Dennison’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 Dennison: questions
What is the median household income in Dennison?
$51,992 (±$5,099) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dennison?
22.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dennison?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dennison work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Uhrichsville (11%, 1 mi), New Philadelphia (11%, 8 mi), Dover (10%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dennison walkable?
Dennison is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dennison without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dennison, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dennison
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.