Households in Duncan Falls earn more than those in 87% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 3.1%, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. Duncan Falls grades A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 0% of workers work from home; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Duncan Falls, in brief
Duncan Falls and Zanesville trade workers both ways
Zanesville is the top workplace for Duncan Falls residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Duncan Falls come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Duncan Falls workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Duncan Falls 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 376 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Duncan Falls’ grade
On income, poverty and job access, Duncan Falls is better than 78% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Duncan Falls’ grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Duncan Falls’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Duncan Falls could be anywhere from C to A.
22% of working residents work in Zanesville
Where Duncan Falls clocks in
22% of workers
7% 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.
Commuting from Duncan Falls: about 33 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Duncan Falls workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 748 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.
The daily commute in and out of Duncan Falls
On a workday 360 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Duncan Falls on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.65 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.
What Duncan Falls’ employers do
243 jobs are based in Duncan Falls.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Duncan Falls, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 243. 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 Duncan Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Duncan Falls works
About 25% 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.
Duncan Falls is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Duncan Falls is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Duncan Falls 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 748 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). 0.0% of Duncan Falls households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Duncan Falls’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Duncan Falls ranks: 606th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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+ |
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| 27 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 604 | Whitewater WI | 1,423 | $93K | 4.7% | 0.9% | 2% | A− |
| 605 | Green Camp Township OH | 1,087 | $103K | 1.2% | 3.4% | 1% | A− |
| 606 | Duncan Falls OH | 1,355 | $116K | 3.1% | 0.0% | 4% | A− |
| 607 | Dooms VA | 1,454 | $87K | 1.2% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| 608 | Durant IA | 1,800 | $82K | 7.8% | 0.3% | 12% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Duncan Falls, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Duncan Falls
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Duncan Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan Falls | – | A− | C+ | 33 min | $116,167 |
| Harrison Township | under 3% | D− | D− | 40 min | $45,673 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Duncan Falls’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 Duncan Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Duncan Falls?
$116,167 (±$61,158) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Duncan Falls?
3.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Duncan Falls?
33 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Duncan Falls work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Zanesville (22%, 7 mi), Columbus (7%, 57 mi), Washington Township (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Duncan Falls walkable?
Duncan Falls is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Duncan Falls without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Duncan Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Duncan Falls
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.