Photo: Nyttend · Public domainEnon has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
There are 330 jobs in Enon; 1,021 of its residents have a job. Enon grades B+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 1% work in Enon itself; outside it, Springfield draws the most (13%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Enon
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Enon
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Enon is better than 70% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Enon’s grade up ($96,912, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Enon could be anywhere from B− to A+.
What Enon’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Enon, 2013 → 2023: 345 → 330. 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 Enon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Enon
On a workday 1,007 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 316 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Enon on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 people from Enon work
Where Enon clocks in
13% 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.
From Enon, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Enon workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,076 commuters (the 12% 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 Enon works
About 16% 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.
The commute in Enon is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Enon is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Enon 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 1,221 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 Enon households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Enon’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,248th of 5,207: where Enon ranks among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,246 | Denmark WI | 2,875 | $76K | 11.6% | 1.1% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,247 | Washington Township IN | 2,517 | $71K | 8.9% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,248 | Enon OH | 2,456 | $97K | 6.3% | 5.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,249 | Big Beaver PA | 1,822 | $72K | 6.0% | 7.4% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,250 | Hayes Township MI | 2,012 | $82K | 2.4% | 2.0% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Enon, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Enon and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Enon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enon | – | B+ | D | 22 min | $96,912 |
| Green Meadows | under 2% | B− | D | 24 min | $73,281 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Enon’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 Enon: questions
What is the median household income in Enon?
$96,912 (±$18,484) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Enon?
6.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Enon?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Enon work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (13%, 9 mi), Dayton (8%, 15 mi), Mad River Township (7%, 0 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Enon walkable?
Enon is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Enon without a car?
0% 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 Enon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Enon
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.