Photo: Nyttend · Public domainElyria Township has higher unemployment (5.8%) than 72% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Elyria Township; the top destination outside it is Elyria (17%, 2 miles). Jobs and income earn Elyria Township B; getting around on foot earns it C. Measured by household income, Elyria Township is behind 70% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Elyria Township
Where Elyria Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Elyria Township is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #512 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Elyria Township’s grade up (4.6%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Elyria Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Elyria Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,439 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 1,692 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).
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 Elyria Township commutes to
Where Elyria Township clocks in
17% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
65% of the jobs in Elyria Township pay over $3,333 a month
1,714 jobs are based in Elyria Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elyria Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,554 → 1,714. 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 Elyria Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way for Elyria Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elyria Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,283 commuters (the 8% 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 Elyria Township goes to work
About 15% 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.
In Elyria Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Elyria Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns, #609 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Elyria Township 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 1,395 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). 1.3% of Elyria Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Elyria Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,316 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,300, Elyria Township comes 1,728th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 36 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,726 | Mount Pleasant PA | 4,108 | $52K | 11.1% | 1.3% | 8% | B |
| 1,727 | Avoca PA | 2,551 | $63K | 6.8% | 4.4% | 3% | B |
| 1,728 | Elyria Township OH | 3,220 | $62K | 4.6% | 5.8% | 2% | B |
| 1,729 | Franklin Township PA | 3,864 | $83K | 3.1% | 8.6% | 5% | B |
| 1,730 | Cashmere WA | 3,326 | $64K | 7.4% | 0.4% | 17% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,316 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Elyria Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door is work for 24% of Elyria Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elyria Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elyria Township | – | B | C | 26 min | $62,179 |
| Elyria | 17% | C | C+ | 23 min | $54,945 |
| Lorain | 7% | C− | C+ | 25 min | $48,685 |
| Amherst Township | under 2% | B | C | 26 min | $82,554 |
| Sheffield Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 26 min | $48,433 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Elyria. Darker towns draw more of Elyria Township’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 Elyria Township: questions
What is the median household income in Elyria Township?
$62,179 (±$5,337) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elyria Township?
4.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elyria Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elyria Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elyria (17%, 2 mi), Cleveland (8%, 24 mi), Lorain (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Elyria Township walkable?
Elyria Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Elyria Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elyria Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elyria Township
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.