T.J. and Sarah Bull House · Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Loudonville (1.4%) than in 91% of U.S. towns
Loudonville grades B− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. For 2% of workers, the job is at home, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole. Household incomes here are lower than in 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Loudonville in brief
Loudonville trades workers with the towns around it
Loudonville has about as many jobs (1,058) as working residents (1,028), but they are mostly different people: 880 residents leave for work each day while 910 people come in. Only 14% of the jobs in Loudonville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Loudonville workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Loudonville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Loudonville is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #632 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Loudonville’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($56,005, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Loudonville could be anywhere from C to B+.
The daily flow of workers through Loudonville
On a workday 880 residents head out to work, 148 work right here, and 910 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 (1.03 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
About 21 minutes each way for Loudonville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Loudonville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,529 commuters (the 2% 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.
10% of working residents work in Ashland
Where Loudonville clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
What work there is in Loudonville: 1,058 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loudonville, 2014 → 2024: 1,044 → 1,058. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Loudonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Loudonville
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Loudonville
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Loudonville is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns, #74 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Loudonville 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 1,567 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). 6.0% of Loudonville households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Loudonville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700, Loudonville ranks 2,381st of 4,969 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 31 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,379 | Clyde Township MI | 2,096 | $72K | 13.2% | 1.6% | 2% | B− |
| 2,380 | Long Beach Township NJ | 3,148 | $113K | 4.5% | 12.2% | 10% | B− |
| 2,381 | Loudonville OH | 2,733 | $56K | 10.4% | 1.4% | 14% | B− |
| 2,382 | Franklin Township IL | 2,205 | $88K | 12.6% | 5.7% | 3% | B− |
| 2,383 | Liberty Township IN | 2,248 | $65K | 15.0% | 0.4% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 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 Loudonville, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Loudonville
The biggest share goes to Green Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Loudonville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loudonville | – | B− | A− | 21 min | $56,005 |
| Hanover Township | 2% | B− | B | 23 min | $55,417 |
| Green Township | 3% | C+ | B | 23 min | $64,038 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Loudonville’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 2024, 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 Loudonville: questions
What is the median household income in Loudonville?
$56,005 (±$13,566) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loudonville?
10.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Loudonville?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Loudonville work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashland (10%, 17 mi), Wooster (10%, 20 mi), Mansfield (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Loudonville walkable?
Loudonville is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Loudonville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Loudonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loudonville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.