Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMesopotamia Township has lower unemployment (1.0%) than 94% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Mesopotamia Township B−; getting around on foot earns it B−. Only 5% work in Mesopotamia Township itself; outside it, Middlefield draws the most (9%, 6 miles). Commuters spend 37 minutes getting to work on average; Ohio averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Mesopotamia Township apart
Jobs & income in Mesopotamia Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mesopotamia Township is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #655 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Mesopotamia Township’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (20.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mesopotamia Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Mesopotamia Township’s commute takes about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mesopotamia Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 869 commuters (the 15% 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.
A workday in Mesopotamia Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 763 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 245 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Mesopotamia Township on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.35 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.
Commuting out of Mesopotamia Township: the destinations
Where Mesopotamia Township clocks in
9% of workers
9% of workers
3% 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.
Mesopotamia Township makes things: 53% of its jobs are in goods
282 jobs are based in Mesopotamia Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mesopotamia Township, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 282. 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 Mesopotamia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Mesopotamia Township
About 20% 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.
Most trips from Mesopotamia Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mesopotamia Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #435 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 13.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,028 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). 72.1% of Mesopotamia Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Mesopotamia Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mesopotamia Township is 2,380th of 4,402 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,378 | Trowbridge Township MI | 2,561 | $76K | 10.7% | 4.1% | 2% | B− |
| 2,379 | Jay NY | 2,472 | $72K | 6.7% | 3.0% | 11% | B− |
| 2,380 | Mesopotamia Township OH | 3,376 | $66K | 20.3% | 1.0% | 5% | B− |
| 2,381 | Briar Creek Township PA | 3,044 | $77K | 6.0% | 6.3% | 1% | B− |
| 2,382 | Manila AR | 3,773 | $56K | 8.5% | 1.9% | 18% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Mesopotamia Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
12% of Mesopotamia Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mesopotamia Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesopotamia Township | – | B− | B− | 37 min | $66,167 |
| Middlefield Township | 9% | B+ | B− | 26 min | $74,342 |
| Farmington Township | 3% | B− | C | 46 min | $62,609 |
| Bloomfield Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 42 min | $73,750 |
| Windsor Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 34 min | $84,087 |
| Parkman Township | under 2% | A | B− | 37 min | $100,417 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Middlefield Township. Darker towns draw more of Mesopotamia Township’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 Mesopotamia Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mesopotamia Township?
$66,167 (±$17,622) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mesopotamia Township?
20.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mesopotamia Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mesopotamia Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Middlefield (9%, 6 mi), Middlefield Township (9%, 4 mi), Farmington Township (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mesopotamia Township walkable?
Mesopotamia Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mesopotamia Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 72% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mesopotamia Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mesopotamia Township
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.