With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Lake Mohawk works elsewhere
Only 2% work in Lake Mohawk; the top destination outside it is Canton (12%, 14 miles). 137 jobs are based in Lake Mohawk, against 680 working residents. Lake Mohawk grades A− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lake Mohawk at work: what stands out
Lake Mohawk is a place people come home to
There are 137 jobs based in Lake Mohawk, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake Mohawk has about 870 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lake Mohawk workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 680 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Lake Mohawk’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Lake Mohawk is better than 76% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.3%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($75,496, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (10.4%) is left out: Lake Mohawk’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, Lake Mohawk could be anywhere from B+ to A−.
Lake Mohawk on a workday afternoon
On a workday 667 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Lake Mohawk on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Lake Mohawk takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Mohawk workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 412 commuters (the 15% 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.
Commuting out of Lake Mohawk: the destinations
Where Lake Mohawk clocks in
12% 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.
Jobs in Lake Mohawk: what the 137 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Mohawk, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 137. 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 Lake Mohawk’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Lake Mohawk
About 17% 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 Lake Mohawk walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Mohawk is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lake Mohawk 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 483 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). 7.6% of Lake Mohawk households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lake Mohawk’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Lake Mohawk comes 758th 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 756 | East Brunswick Township PA | 1,900 | $108K | 3.8% | 4.6% | 1% | A− |
| 757 | Humboldt WI | 1,286 | $93K | 6.6% | 2.3% | 2% | A− |
| 758 | Lake Mohawk OH | 1,409 | $75K | 1.3% | 10.4% | 2% | A− |
| 759 | Stansberry Lake WA | 1,807 | $91K | 1.8% | 4.9% | <1% | A− |
| 760 | Trafalgar IN | 1,658 | $78K | 5.1% | 4.3% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Lake Mohawk, 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 Lake Mohawk: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Mohawk?
$75,496 (±$5,144) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Mohawk?
1.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Mohawk?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Mohawk work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canton (12%, 14 mi), Brown Township (7%, 3 mi), Minerva (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lake Mohawk walkable?
Lake Mohawk is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Mohawk without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Mohawk, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Mohawk
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.