Green Meadows has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
66 jobs are based in Green Meadows, and 1,029 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Green Meadows is better than 46% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (D). Hardly any stay in Green Meadows for work; outside it, Springfield is the main destination (14%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Green Meadows: the figures worth knowing
Jobs & income in Green Meadows: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Green Meadows’ grade up (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Green Meadows could be anywhere from C− to A.
The workday shuffle in and out of Green Meadows
On a workday 1,025 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Green Meadows on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
Where Green Meadows goes to work
Where Green Meadows clocks in
14% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Green Meadows: what the 66 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Meadows, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 66. 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 Green Meadows’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Green Meadows: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green Meadows workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 928 commuters (the 7% 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.
The commute from Green Meadows, by distance
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.
Driving is how Green Meadows gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 994 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). 2.1% of Green Meadows households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Green Meadows’ commuters take a bus or train.
Green Meadows places 2,498th of 5,404 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,496 | Tremont ME | 1,552 | $89K | 6.6% | 2.3% | 19% | B− |
| 2,497 | West Chillisquaque Township PA | 2,614 | $51K | 10.6% | 2.9% | 3% | B− |
| 2,498 | Green Meadows OH | 2,144 | $73K | 14.3% | 5.3% | <1% | B− |
| 2,499 | Bay AR | 1,803 | $60K | 14.8% | 2.1% | 2% | B− |
| 2,500 | Petersburg IN | 2,289 | $54K | 11.5% | 1.7% | 16% | 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 Green Meadows, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Green Meadows
The biggest share goes to Enon (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Meadows workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Meadows | – | B− | D | 24 min | $73,281 |
| Enon | 2% | B+ | D | 22 min | $96,912 |
| Holiday Valley | under 3% | A | D | 25 min | $91,705 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Green Meadows’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 Green Meadows: questions
What is the median household income in Green Meadows?
$73,281 (±$17,655) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Meadows?
14.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Meadows?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Meadows work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (14%, 9 mi), Dayton (8%, 15 mi), Mad River Township (6%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Green Meadows walkable?
Green Meadows is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Green Meadows without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Green Meadows, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green Meadows
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.