Photo: dougtone · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in Greenwich have lower incomes than those in 62% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Greenwich C−; getting around on foot earns it D. The poverty rate is 18.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Greenwich at work: what stands out
Greenwich makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Greenwich are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Greenwich residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 37%. The jobs ↓
Greenwich workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Greenwich workers work from home
Only 4% 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; with 585 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Greenwich
On income, poverty and job access, Greenwich is better than 20% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Greenwich’s grade up ($67,734, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (5.5%) is left out: Greenwich’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Greenwich could be anywhere from D to C+.
A place that makes things: 36% of Greenwich’s jobs are in goods
473 jobs are based in Greenwich.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenwich, 2013 → 2023: 234 → 473. 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 Greenwich’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Greenwich: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenwich workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 646 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.
The daily commute in and out of Greenwich
On a workday 564 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 452 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 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.
12% of working residents work in Willard
Where Greenwich clocks in
12% of workers
6% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Greenwich
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Greenwich walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greenwich is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Greenwich 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 676 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). 4.6% of Greenwich households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greenwich’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Greenwich comes 4,071st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,069 | Pigeon MI | 1,180 | $52K | 8.8% | 0.9% | 23% | C− |
| 4,070 | Menahga MN | 1,361 | $58K | 10.1% | 8.5% | 22% | C− |
| 4,071 | Greenwich OH | 1,382 | $68K | 18.5% | 5.5% | 4% | C− |
| 4,072 | Dunes City OR | 1,400 | $65K | 10.1% | 2.2% | 3% | C− |
| 4,073 | Waterford PA | 1,430 | $51K | 16.1% | 12.2% | 8% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Greenwich, 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 Greenwich: questions
What is the median household income in Greenwich?
$67,734 (±$8,846) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenwich?
18.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenwich?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenwich work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Willard (12%, 11 mi), Norwalk (6%, 16 mi), Mansfield (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greenwich walkable?
Greenwich is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greenwich without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greenwich, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenwich
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.