Photo: Rfigura · CC BY-SA 4.0Lodi has lower household incomes than 86% of U.S. towns
9.3% of residents live below the poverty line (Ohio 13.3%). The two grades for Lodi are C+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 4% of workers work from home (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Lodi, in brief
Income, poverty and work: Lodi’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lodi is better than 45% of U.S. towns, #675 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Lodi’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($51,914, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lodi could be anywhere from C− to A.
Commuting from Lodi: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lodi workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,324 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.
How a workday changes Lodi
On a workday 1,253 residents head out to work, 90 work right here, and 746 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Lodi on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Medina
Where Lodi clocks in
13% of workers
11% 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.
Goods, not services: 31% of the jobs in Lodi
836 jobs are based in Lodi.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lodi, 2013 → 2023: 858 → 836. 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 Lodi’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Lodi, 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.
Most of Lodi commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lodi is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #171 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 7.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,372 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 3.4% of Lodi households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lodi’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Lodi is 2,487th of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,485 | St. Leo FL | 2,468 | $96K | 20.9% | 16.4% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,486 | Williston FL | 3,456 | $61K | 15.8% | 1.7% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,487 | Lodi OH | 2,822 | $52K | 9.3% | 4.6% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,488 | Croton Township MI | 3,472 | $77K | 12.7% | 2.1% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,489 | Wilmington Township PA | 2,642 | $73K | 9.8% | 5.4% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | 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 Lodi, 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 Lodi: questions
What is the median household income in Lodi?
$51,914 (±$12,194) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lodi?
9.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lodi?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lodi work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Medina (13%, 10 mi), Cleveland (11%, 35 mi), Wooster (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lodi walkable?
Lodi is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lodi 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 Lodi, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lodi
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.