Huron School · Photo: LeeG7144 · CC BY-SA 3.0Huron has 0.8 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B+: better than 71% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #358 of 992 in Ohio.
Walkability B: more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns · #362 of 993 in Ohio.
Household incomes here are higher than in 54% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Ohio 23, U.S. 26). About one in ten work in Huron; the top destination outside it is Sandusky (15%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind Huron’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Huron is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #358 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.6%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($78,333, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Huron could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Huron quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,662 residents head out to work, 275 work right here, and 1,970 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,900 people are in Huron on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 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.
15% of working residents work in Sandusky
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Huron clocks in
15% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 2,245 jobs in Huron are
2,245 jobs are based in Huron. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Huron’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Huron, 2013 → 2023: 2,434 → 2,245. 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.
About 22 minutes each way, about the OH average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Huron workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,325 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Huron commutes less than 10 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 22% 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.
Most trips from Huron start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Huron is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #362 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% 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 3,638 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 11% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.0% of Huron households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Huron’s commuters take a bus or train.
Huron is 1,110th of 3,283 U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,900 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Huron, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
| # | 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% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,108 | Shady Side MD | 4,727 | $154K | 3.8% | 4.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,109 | Triana AL | 5,244 | $110K | 8.2% | 4.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,110 | Huron OH | 6,585 | $78K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,111 | Johnstown NY | 6,563 | $97K | 8.9% | 1.2% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,112 | Abingdon MD | 5,019 | $137K | 10.5% | 4.8% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,283 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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.
Huron and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Huron Township (8%). Darker towns draw more of Huron’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Huron workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huron | – | B+ | B | 22 min | $78,333 |
| Huron Township | 8% | B | C+ | 24 min | $88,204 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Huron: questions
What is the median household income in Huron?
$78,333 (±$12,752) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Huron?
5.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Huron?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Huron work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sandusky (15%, 9 mi), Perkins Township (10%, 7 mi), Huron Township (8%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Huron walkable?
Huron is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Huron without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Huron, from the people who make the trip.
More of Huron
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.