Photo: Jack Pearce from Boardman, OH, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Howland Township has lower unemployment (3.5%) than 61% of U.S. towns
5% of workers have no commute at all, against 13% across Ohio. Jobs and income earn Howland Township B; getting around on foot earns it C. About one in seven work in Howland Township itself; outside it, Warren draws the most (13%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Howland Township apart on work
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Howland Township
Job access by car holds Howland Township’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Howland Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Where people from Howland Township work
Where Howland Township clocks in
13% 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.
Howland Township by day and by night
On a workday 6,429 residents head out to work, 1,085 work right here, and 9,409 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22,000 people are in Howland Township on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 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.
The 10,494 jobs based in Howland Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Howland Township, 2013 → 2023: 10,835 → 10,494. 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 Howland Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Howland Township, about 20 minutes to the job
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 Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,421 commuters (the 5% 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.
How far Howland Township goes to work
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.
Howland Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Howland Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #613 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% 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 8,899 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). 3.7% of Howland Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Howland Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,040th of 1,915: where Howland Township ranks among U.S. towns of 13,000 to 25,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Powell OH | 18,269 | $195K | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,038 | Christiansburg VA | 22,442 | $77K | 11.7% | 2.4% | 24% | B |
| 1,039 | Groveland Township IL | 18,418 | $66K | 11.1% | 2.7% | 4% | B |
| 1,040 | Howland Township OH | 18,867 | $73K | 10.7% | 3.5% | 14% | B |
| 1,041 | Nederland TX | 18,108 | $78K | 8.3% | 4.7% | 15% | B |
| 1,042 | Brown Township IN | 14,348 | $70K | 12.9% | 3.2% | 13% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,915 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 19% of Howland Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Howland Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howland Township | – | B | C | 20 min | $73,361 |
| Warren | 13% | D | B | 23 min | $37,887 |
| Weathersfield Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 22 min | $51,927 |
| Warren Township | under 2% | C | C | 24 min | $47,174 |
| Niles | 6% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $50,953 |
| Bazetta Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 21 min | $80,899 |
| Vienna Township | under 2% | B | B | 19 min | $75,583 |
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 Township’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 Howland Township: questions
What is the median household income in Howland Township?
$73,361 (±$7,164) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Howland Township?
10.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Howland Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Howland Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warren (13%, 3 mi), Youngstown (8%, 11 mi), Niles (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Howland Township walkable?
Howland Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Howland Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Howland Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Howland Township
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.