Dunlap has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
There are 179 jobs in Dunlap for 777 working residents. The two grades for Dunlap are B− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Hardly any work in Dunlap itself; outside it, Cincinnati draws the most (22%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Dunlap at work: what stands out
What’s behind Dunlap’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Dunlap is better than 46% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Dunlap’s grade up (ahead of 81% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.6%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Dunlap’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, Dunlap could be anywhere from C to A.
In and out of Dunlap on a workday
On a workday 774 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 176 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Dunlap on a workday afternoon, 55% 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 Dunlap goes to work
Where Dunlap clocks in
22% 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.
What Dunlap’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dunlap, 2013 → 2023: 190 → 179. 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 Dunlap’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Dunlap: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dunlap workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 389 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where in the region Dunlap works
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.
For most of Dunlap, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dunlap is more walkable than 13% 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 427 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 88% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Dunlap households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dunlap’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Dunlap comes 1,397th 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Boston Heights OH | 1,408 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,395 | Rouse CA | 1,462 | $61K | 12.7% | 7.1% | <1% | B− |
| 1,396 | Tahoe Vista CA | 1,048 | $113K | 9.1% | 3.5% | 7% | B− |
| 1,397 | Dunlap OH | 1,085 | $73K | 20.6% | 2.9% | <1% | B− |
| 1,398 | Silver Lake KS | 1,316 | $57K | 5.3% | 0.0% | 7% | B− |
| 1,399 | Vernon Township OH | 1,327 | $55K | 6.1% | 4.8% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Dunlap, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Dunlap and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dunlap workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunlap | – | B− | D | 22 min | $73,421 |
| Crosby Township | under 2% | A | D | 28 min | $123,750 |
| Dry Ridge | under 2% | B+ | C− | 28 min | $73,897 |
| Ross | under 2% | B | B− | 27 min | $64,522 |
| Ross Township | under 2% | A | C− | 29 min | $93,906 |
| Fairfield Township | under 2% | A− | C | 24 min | $108,353 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dunlap’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 Dunlap: questions
What is the median household income in Dunlap?
$73,421 (±$15,035) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dunlap?
20.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dunlap?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dunlap work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (22%, 13 mi), Fairfield (5%, 6 mi), West Chester Township (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dunlap walkable?
Dunlap is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dunlap without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dunlap, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dunlap
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.