Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0LaGrange’s household incomes are higher than in 73% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income LaGrange is better than 81% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (C). Below the poverty line: 6.8% of residents, where Ohio as a whole has 13.3%. Only 7% stay in LaGrange for work; outside it, Cleveland is the main destination (13%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in LaGrange, in brief
LaGrange trades workers with the towns around it
LaGrange has about as many jobs (1,320) as working residents (1,300), but they are mostly different people: 1,204 residents leave for work each day while 1,224 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in LaGrange are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
LaGrange’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside LaGrange is Cleveland, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (168) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
LaGrange makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in LaGrange are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs LaGrange residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside LaGrange’s Jobs & income grade
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides LaGrange’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, LaGrange could be anywhere from B to A+.
In and out of LaGrange on a workday
On a workday 1,204 residents head out to work, 96 work right here, and 1,224 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 (1.02 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 commute from LaGrange, 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.
A place that makes things: 38% of LaGrange’s jobs are in goods
1,320 jobs are based in LaGrange.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in LaGrange, 2013 → 2023: 997 → 1,320. 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 LaGrange’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from LaGrange work
Where LaGrange clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
3% 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.
Commuting from LaGrange: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of LaGrange workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,258 commuters (the 8% 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.
Getting around LaGrange: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% 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 1,360 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). 0.8% of LaGrange households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of LaGrange’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900, LaGrange ranks 767th of 4,882 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 765 | South Vacherie LA | 2,954 | $81K | 3.7% | 1.6% | 2% | A− |
| 766 | Summitview WA | 2,321 | $105K | 5.6% | 2.7% | 1% | A− |
| 767 | LaGrange OH | 2,893 | $95K | 6.8% | 3.0% | 7% | A− |
| 768 | Perry Township OH | 2,763 | $99K | 6.2% | 0.0% | 5% | A− |
| 769 | Conoy Township PA | 3,289 | $74K | 6.1% | 1.5% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 LaGrange, 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 LaGrange: questions
What is the median household income in LaGrange?
$94,922 (±$19,116) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in LaGrange?
6.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from LaGrange?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in LaGrange work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (13%, 28 mi), Elyria (11%, 10 mi), Avon (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is LaGrange walkable?
LaGrange is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around LaGrange without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from LaGrange, from the people who make the trip.
More of LaGrange
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.