Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Geneva has lower household incomes than 83% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 2% of workers; Ohio has 13%. 17.1% of residents live below the poverty line (Ohio 13.3%). Geneva grades C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Geneva in brief
No single place dominates Geneva’s commute
The biggest draw, Ashtabula, gets only 6% of working residents, and 51% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Geneva residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Few Geneva workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Where Geneva’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Geneva is better than 36% of U.S. towns, #773 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Geneva’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($53,557, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Geneva could be anywhere from D to B.
6% of working residents work in Ashtabula
Where Geneva clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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 Geneva, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Geneva workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,701 commuters (the 2% 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.
Who leaves Geneva for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,804 residents head out to work, 373 work right here, and 2,550 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,600 people are in Geneva on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 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.
Making and building: 32% of jobs based in Geneva
2,923 jobs are based in Geneva.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Geneva, 2013 → 2023: 2,569 → 2,923. 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 Geneva’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Geneva’s workers travel
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 Geneva, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Geneva is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #568 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% 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 2,758 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). 5.5% of Geneva households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Geneva’s commuters take a bus or train.
Geneva places 2,309th of 3,375 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,307 | River Park FL | 5,714 | $55K | 6.7% | 9.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,308 | Berne IN | 4,286 | $62K | 12.3% | 4.0% | 34% | C+ |
| 2,309 | Geneva OH | 5,806 | $54K | 17.1% | 2.9% | 17% | C+ |
| 2,310 | Throop PA | 4,113 | $57K | 14.7% | 5.3% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,311 | Princeton WV | 5,578 | $44K | 16.9% | 1.6% | 26% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,375 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Geneva, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Geneva and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Geneva workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geneva | – | C+ | C+ | 27 min | $53,557 |
| Geneva Township | under 3% | C+ | B− | 28 min | $58,649 |
| Harpersfield Township | under 3% | B | D | 34 min | $65,541 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Geneva’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 Geneva: questions
What is the median household income in Geneva?
$53,557 (±$4,972) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Geneva?
17.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Geneva?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Geneva work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashtabula (6%, 9 mi), Madison Township (5%, 5 mi), Cleveland (4%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Geneva walkable?
Geneva is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Geneva 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 Geneva, from the people who make the trip.
More of Geneva
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.