Maria Stein has 1.5 jobs for every working resident: 811 people commute in to work
Jobs & income A−: better than 78% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability D: more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 72% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 15 minutes each way (Ohio 23, U.S. 26). Only 7% work in Maria Stein; the top destination outside it is St. Henry (13%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Maria Stein
Jobs in Maria Stein have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Maria Stein went from 358 in 2013 to 852 in 2023, +138%. The jobs ↓
Maria Stein is where the jobs are
Maria Stein has 852 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
54% of the jobs in Maria Stein are in trade, transport and utilities, against 18% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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 560 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Maria Stein’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Maria Stein is better than 78% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Maria Stein’s grade up (0.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Maria Stein’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, Maria Stein could be anywhere from B− to A.
65% of the jobs in Maria Stein pay over $3,333 a month
852 jobs are based in Maria Stein. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maria Stein’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maria Stein, 2013 → 2023: 358 → 852. 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.
Maria Stein fills up on a workday
On a workday 519 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 811 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Maria Stein on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Maria Stein’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Maria Stein clocks in
13% 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.
About 15 minutes each way, quicker than most of Ohio
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maria Stein workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 709 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Maria Stein commutes less than 10 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 16% 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.
Most trips from Maria Stein start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Maria Stein is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 746 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). 0.0% of Maria Stein households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Maria Stein’s commuters take a bus or train.
Maria Stein is 612th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Maria Stein, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 610 | Mount Pleasant Township PA | 1,519 | $92K | 2.7% | 2.5% | <1% | A− |
| 611 | Lowville WI | 1,018 | $108K | 6.8% | 2.6% | 1% | A− |
| 612 | Maria Stein OH | 1,305 | $94K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7% | A− |
| 613 | Blowing Rock NC | 1,324 | $121K | 2.4% | 0.4% | 15% | A− |
| 614 | Hampton CT | 1,768 | $109K | 5.7% | 6.5% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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.
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 Maria Stein: questions
What is the median household income in Maria Stein?
$94,141 (±$39,567) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maria Stein?
0.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maria Stein?
15 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maria Stein work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Henry (13%, 8 mi), Coldwater (7%, 10 mi), Celina (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Maria Stein walkable?
Maria Stein is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maria Stein without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maria Stein, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maria Stein
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.