Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Genoa earn less than those in 65% of U.S. towns
7.7% of residents are in poverty, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. Jobs and income earn Genoa B; getting around on foot earns it C+. Home is the office for 4% of workers, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Genoa and work: the main findings
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Genoa
On income, poverty and job access, Genoa is better than 58% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Genoa’s grade up (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($65,550, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: Genoa’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Genoa could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The kinds of work in Genoa
733 jobs are based in Genoa.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Genoa, 2013 → 2023: 625 → 733. 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 Genoa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Genoa quiets down on a workday
On a workday 954 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 684 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Genoa on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
19% of working residents work in Toledo
Where Genoa clocks in
19% of workers
7% 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.
Getting to work from Genoa takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Genoa workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 893 commuters (the 4% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Genoa
About 23% 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.
Most trips from Genoa start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Genoa is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Genoa 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 935 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). 9.3% of Genoa households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Genoa’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900, Genoa comes 1,797th on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,795 | Warwick Township OH | 2,732 | $79K | 14.5% | 1.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,796 | Pine Canyon CA | 2,477 | $111K | 6.3% | 5.2% | <1% | B |
| 1,797 | Genoa OH | 2,167 | $66K | 7.7% | 2.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,798 | Park Township MI | 2,374 | $79K | 5.3% | 4.8% | 4% | B |
| 1,799 | Portage Township OH | 1,584 | $73K | 7.9% | 12.5% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | 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 Genoa, 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 Genoa: questions
What is the median household income in Genoa?
$65,550 (±$11,627) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Genoa?
7.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Genoa?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Genoa work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toledo (19%, 15 mi), Perrysburg Township (7%, 11 mi), Clay Township (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Genoa walkable?
Genoa is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Genoa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Genoa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Genoa
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.