Photo: Jack Pearce from Boardman, OH, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Howland Center are higher than in 64% of U.S. towns
Howland Center grades B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. The poverty rate is 7.0%; Ohio has 13.3%. Home is the office for 3% of workers, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Howland Center and work: the main findings
Howland Center trades workers with the towns around it
Howland Center has about as many jobs (2,180) as working residents (2,552), but they are mostly different people: 2,363 residents leave for work each day while 1,991 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Howland Center are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Howland Center workers work from home
Only 3% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Howland Center’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Howland Center is better than 67% of U.S. towns, #410 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Howland Center’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Howland Center could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 2,363 residents head out to work, 189 work right here, and 1,991 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 (0.85 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Howland Center
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Howland Center workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,344 commuters (the 3% 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.
14% of working residents work in Warren
Where Howland Center clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
Inside Howland Center’s 2,180 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Howland Center, 2014 → 2024: 2,269 → 2,180. 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 Howland Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Howland Center
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.
Howland Center is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Howland Center is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #499 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Howland Center 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 3,454 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). 2.0% of Howland Center households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Howland Center’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,349 U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,500, Howland Center comes 1,285th on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,283 | Warren ME | 5,099 | $75K | 6.0% | 0.6% | 15% | B+ |
| 1,284 | Homer NY | 6,077 | $74K | 6.3% | 2.1% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,285 | Howland Center OH | 6,266 | $86K | 7.0% | 4.9% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,286 | Hapeville GA | 7,410 | $96K | 9.3% | 6.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,287 | Dyersville IA | 4,574 | $84K | 4.9% | 3.2% | 26% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,349 | 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 Howland Center, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
14% of Howland Center works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Howland Center workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howland Center | – | B+ | C+ | 20 min | $86,135 |
| Warren | 14% | D | B | 23 min | $37,887 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Warren. Darker towns draw more of Howland Center’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 Howland Center: questions
What is the median household income in Howland Center?
$86,135 (±$5,097) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Howland Center?
7.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Howland Center?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Howland Center work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warren (14%, 4 mi), Youngstown (7%, 12 mi), Niles (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Howland Center walkable?
Howland Center is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Howland Center without a car?
0% 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 Howland Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Howland Center
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.