Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Etna commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Etna has 235 jobs for 610 working residents. For jobs and income Etna is better than 90% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (B−). Measured by household income, Etna is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Etna, in brief
Etna and Columbus trade workers both ways
Columbus is the top workplace for Etna residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Etna come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Etna workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 610 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Etna’s grade
Household income is its strongest input ($114,365, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Etna’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, Etna could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
35% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Etna clocks in
35% of workers
9% 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.
From Etna, about 36 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Etna workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 623 commuters (the 18% 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 Etna: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 607 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 232 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Etna on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
The kinds of work in Etna
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Etna, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 235. 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 Etna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Etna goes to work
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 Etna, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 756 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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 Etna households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Etna’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Etna is 272nd among 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 270 | Verandah FL | 1,900 | $121K | 3.4% | 3.8% | 6% | A |
| 271 | Twin Grove IL | 1,458 | $116K | 4.2% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| 272 | Etna OH | 1,440 | $114K | 7.4% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| 273 | Gardendale TX | 1,544 | $104K | 1.5% | 0.1% | 2% | A |
| 274 | Slater IA | 1,617 | $98K | 3.8% | 1.1% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Etna, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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 Etna: questions
What is the median household income in Etna?
$114,365 (±$13,853) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Etna?
7.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Etna?
36 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Etna work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (35%, 16 mi), Etna Township (9%, 0 mi), New Albany (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Etna walkable?
Etna is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Etna 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 Etna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Etna
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.