Photo: Photo by Andrew VanAtta. · Public domainFindlay has lower household incomes than 72% of U.S. towns
About two in five work in Findlay itself; outside it, Allen Township draws the most (5%, 6 miles). The poverty rate is 12.3%; Ohio has 13.3%. Jobs and income earn Findlay B−; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Findlay in brief
Findlay is where the jobs are
Findlay has 28,514 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Findlay are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio 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.
What’s behind Findlay’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Findlay is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #662 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Findlay’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($61,423, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Findlay could be anywhere from C to B.
The workday shuffle in and out of Findlay
On a workday 10,242 residents head out to work, 7,972 work right here, and 20,542 people come in from elsewhere.
About 51,000 people are in Findlay on a workday afternoon, 26% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Findlay: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Findlay workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17,851 commuters (the 10% 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 the people who work in Findlay live
Where Findlay clocks in
3% of workers
2% 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.
The kinds of work in Findlay
28,514 jobs are based in Findlay.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Findlay, 2013 → 2023: 27,367 → 28,514. 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 Findlay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Findlay works
About 19% 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.
Findlay is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Findlay is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #146 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Findlay 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 19,820 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). 6.1% of Findlay households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Findlay’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,086 U.S. towns of 28,000 to 54,000, Findlay comes 799th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Dublin OH | 49,094 | $160K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 797 | Northport AL | 31,648 | $81K | 12.3% | 5.7% | 12% | B− |
| 798 | North Miami Beach FL | 46,236 | $63K | 14.6% | 5.5% | 6% | B− |
| 799 | Findlay OH | 40,370 | $61K | 12.3% | 3.5% | 44% | B− |
| 800 | Mission Bend TX | 36,586 | $67K | 10.8% | 9.4% | <1% | B− |
| 801 | Essex MD | 40,580 | $67K | 12.6% | 6.2% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,086 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Findlay, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Findlay
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Findlay workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Findlay | – | B− | B+ | 16 min | $61,423 |
| Liberty Township | 3% | A− | C | 17 min | $101,250 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | A | C | 22 min | $100,865 |
| Allen Township | 5% | A− | C | 16 min | $104,229 |
| Eagle Township | under 2% | A− | C | 18 min | $98,713 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Allen Township. Darker towns draw more of Findlay’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 Findlay: questions
What is the median household income in Findlay?
$61,423 (±$3,223) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Findlay?
12.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Findlay?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Findlay work?
44% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Allen Township (5%, 6 mi), Liberty Township (3%, 4 mi), Columbus (2%, 81 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Findlay walkable?
Findlay is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Findlay without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Findlay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Findlay
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.