Lowellville Railroad Station · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWhere Lowellville earns its living
379 jobs are based in Lowellville, and 467 of its residents work somewhere. Only 6% stay in Lowellville for work; outside it, Youngstown is the main destination (15%, 6 miles). Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average; Ohio averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Lowellville stands out on work
Lowellville makes and builds things
67% of the jobs based in Lowellville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lowellville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Lowellville pay better than its residents’ jobs
72% of the jobs based in Lowellville pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 57% of the jobs Lowellville residents hold. 93% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Lowellville. The jobs ↓
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; with 467 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Goods jobs make up 67% of work in Lowellville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lowellville, 2014 → 2024: 442 → 379. 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 Lowellville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 441 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 353 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 (0.81 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.
Where Lowellville’s working residents head each day
Where Lowellville clocks in
15% of workers
13% of workers
4% 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.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Lowellville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lowellville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 433 commuters (the 7% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Lowellville
About 21% 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.
Work in the towns next to Lowellville
The biggest share goes to Poland Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lowellville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowellville | – | — | — | 25 min | $50,313 |
| Poland Township | 4% | A | C− | 22 min | $94,563 |
| Struthers | 3% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $53,447 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lowellville’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 Lowellville: questions
What is the median household income in Lowellville?
$50,313 (±$8,554) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lowellville?
31.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lowellville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lowellville work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Youngstown (15%, 6 mi), Boardman Township (13%, 6 mi), Poland Township (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lowellville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lowellville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lowellville
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.