Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Fort Shawnee commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 4% stay in Fort Shawnee for work; outside it, Lima is the main destination (22%, 4 miles). Employers in Fort Shawnee report 975 jobs, against 2,755 working residents. For jobs and income Fort Shawnee is better than 78% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Fort Shawnee
Fort Shawnee and Lima trade workers both ways
Lima is the top workplace for Fort Shawnee residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Fort Shawnee come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Fort Shawnee are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 38 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Fort Shawnee’s grade explained
Unemployment holds Fort Shawnee’s grade up (2.0%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fort Shawnee could be anywhere from B to A.
The towns that employ Fort Shawnee’s residents
Where Fort Shawnee clocks in
22% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
Commuting from Fort Shawnee: about 18 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fort Shawnee workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,830 commuters (the 6% 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 many people are in Fort Shawnee by day
On a workday 2,656 residents head out to work, 99 work right here, and 876 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,400 people are in Fort Shawnee on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
What Fort Shawnee’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fort Shawnee, 2014 → 2024: 890 → 975. 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 Fort Shawnee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Fort Shawnee to work
About 21% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Fort Shawnee is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,021 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). 2.6% of Fort Shawnee households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fort Shawnee’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fort Shawnee places 892nd of 3,432 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,300 to 8,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 28 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 890 | Canterbury CT | 5,251 | $103K | 4.9% | 2.5% | 7% | A− |
| 891 | Rochelle Park Township NJ | 5,972 | $110K | 5.4% | 8.1% | 3% | A− |
| 892 | Fort Shawnee OH | 6,209 | $90K | 6.3% | 2.0% | 4% | A− |
| 893 | Rockaway NJ | 6,631 | $107K | 6.2% | 6.4% | 5% | A− |
| 894 | Ottawa Township OH | 8,047 | $90K | 5.9% | 1.2% | 26% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Fort Shawnee, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Fort Shawnee and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fort Shawnee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Shawnee | – | A− | C− | 18 min | $90,491 |
| Duchouquet Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 20 min | $68,659 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fort Shawnee’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 Fort Shawnee: questions
What is the median household income in Fort Shawnee?
$90,491 (±$11,497) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fort Shawnee?
6.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fort Shawnee?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fort Shawnee work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lima (22%, 4 mi), Shawnee Township (10%, 1 mi), American Township (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Fort Shawnee walkable?
Fort Shawnee is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fort Shawnee 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 Fort Shawnee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fort Shawnee
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.