Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0East Canton has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
393 jobs are based in East Canton, against 699 working residents. East Canton grades B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Home is the office for 3% of workers, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from East Canton, in brief
Many jobs in East Canton pay little
26% of the jobs based in East Canton pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Few East Canton workers work from home
Only 3% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 699 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind East Canton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, East Canton is better than 53% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds East Canton’s grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($57,364, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (3.2%) is left out: East Canton’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, East Canton could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Jobs in East Canton: what the 393 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Canton, 2014 → 2024: 375 → 393. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Canton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 19 minutes each way for East Canton’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Canton workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 698 commuters (the 3% 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.
A workday in East Canton: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 680 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 374 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in East Canton on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 2024, primary jobs.
18% of working residents work in Canton
Where East Canton clocks in
18% of workers
8% 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.
Half of East Canton commutes less than 11 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of East Canton, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, East Canton is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place East Canton 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 717 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). 3.0% of East Canton households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of East Canton’s commuters take a bus or train.
How East Canton ranks: 1,775th of 5,397 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
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| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,773 | Hebron ME | 1,289 | $93K | 8.9% | 3.3% | 5% | B− |
| 1,774 | Townsend Township OH | 1,516 | $52K | 5.5% | 2.3% | 1% | B− |
| 1,775 | East Canton OH | 1,513 | $57K | 8.9% | 3.2% | 3% | B− |
| 1,776 | West Mayfield PA | 1,163 | $55K | 7.6% | 10.6% | 1% | B− |
| 1,777 | Manawa WI | 1,411 | $88K | 10.6% | 3.9% | 12% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 East Canton, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Bordering towns draw 18% of East Canton’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Canton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Canton | – | B− | C+ | 19 min | $57,364 |
| Osnaburg Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 26 min | $72,281 |
| Canton | 18% | C− | A− | 19 min | $43,188 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Canton. Darker towns draw more of East Canton’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 2024, 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 East Canton: questions
What is the median household income in East Canton?
$57,364 (±$6,990) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Canton?
8.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Canton?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Canton work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canton (18%, 4 mi), Jackson Township (8%, 11 mi), Akron (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is East Canton walkable?
East Canton is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around East Canton without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Canton, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Canton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.