Photo: John Siegenthaler · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Mansfield trail those of 93% of U.S. towns
Mansfield grades D for jobs and income and B for walkability. The poverty rate is 23.5%, where Ohio as a whole has 13.3%. About one in three work in Mansfield; the top destination outside it is Columbus (7%, 59 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The figures behind Mansfield’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mansfield is better than 13% of U.S. towns, #937 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Mansfield’s grade up (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($44,540, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mansfield could be anywhere from D to C−.
Mansfield fills up on a workday
On a workday 11,318 residents head out to work, 5,489 work right here, and 16,541 people come in from elsewhere.
About 53,000 people are in Mansfield on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 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.
Where the trip to work from Mansfield ends
Where Mansfield clocks in
7% 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.
The 22,030 jobs based in Mansfield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mansfield, 2013 → 2023: 25,161 → 22,030. 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 Mansfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Mansfield
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mansfield workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16,538 commuters (the 6% 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 many miles Mansfield commutes
About 29% 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.
In Mansfield, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mansfield is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #261 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Mansfield 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 17,572 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). 10.3% of Mansfield households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Mansfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mansfield next to U.S. towns of 33,000 to 64,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Dublin OH | 49,094 | $160K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 906 | Morristown TN | 33,517 | $48K | 26.0% | 7.1% | 46% | D |
| 907 | Muskegon MI | 37,224 | $45K | 24.9% | 9.4% | 22% | D |
| 908 | Mansfield OH | 47,381 | $45K | 23.5% | 7.3% | 33% | D |
| 909 | Huntington WV | 44,815 | $45K | 25.7% | 6.8% | 45% | D |
| 910 | Leesburg FL | 38,905 | $53K | 16.4% | 10.5% | 16% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 941 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Mansfield, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Mansfield
The biggest share goes to Ontario (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mansfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mansfield | – | D | B | 21 min | $44,540 |
| Madison Township | 2% | C | C− | 17 min | $57,824 |
| Washington Township | 1% | B+ | C | 21 min | $89,333 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 16 min | $47,879 |
| Springfield Township | under 2% | B | B− | 20 min | $80,762 |
| Weller Township | under 2% | A | C | 30 min | $97,406 |
| Roseland | under 2% | C− | D | 14 min | $48,618 |
| Ontario | 6% | C+ | B+ | 19 min | $68,539 |
| Troy Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 22 min | $61,848 |
| Lincoln Heights | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lincoln Heights: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mansfield’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 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 Mansfield: questions
What is the median household income in Mansfield?
$44,540 (±$2,228) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mansfield?
23.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mansfield?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mansfield work?
33% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (7%, 59 mi), Ontario (6%, 4 mi), Lexington (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mansfield walkable?
Mansfield is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mansfield without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mansfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mansfield
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.