Middlebranch has some of the lowest unemployment in the country, with hardly anyone out of work
Jobs and income earn Middlebranch A; getting around on foot earns it B. Measured by household income, Middlebranch is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns. Hardly any work in Middlebranch; the top destination outside it is Canton (20%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Middlebranch: the gist
Middlebranch and Canton trade workers both ways
Canton is the top workplace for Middlebranch residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Middlebranch come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Middlebranch is a place people come home to
There are 283 jobs based in Middlebranch, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Middlebranch has about 1,700 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Middlebranch’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 26 minutes, longer than the Ohio average of 23. Time on the road ↓
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 943 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Middlebranch earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Middlebranch is better than 92% of U.S. towns. Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.1%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Middlebranch could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
The towns that employ Middlebranch’s residents
Where Middlebranch clocks in
20% of workers
13% 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.
Who works in Middlebranch, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 939 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 279 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Middlebranch on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.30 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.
About 26 minutes each way for Middlebranch’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Middlebranch workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,314 commuters (the 13% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Middlebranch
283 jobs are based in Middlebranch.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Middlebranch, 2013 → 2023: 246 → 283. 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 Middlebranch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Middlebranch
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.
The commute in Middlebranch is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Middlebranch is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,506 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). 12.1% of Middlebranch households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Middlebranch’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200, Middlebranch ranks 309th of 4,995 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 307 | Andalusia Township IL | 2,257 | $93K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A |
| 308 | Berkshire Lakes FL | 2,064 | $86K | 1.8% | 1.4% | 2% | A |
| 309 | Middlebranch OH | 2,361 | $100K | 7.1% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| 310 | Redington Shores FL | 2,118 | $106K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| 311 | Bridgewater Township MN | 1,836 | $121K | 4.5% | 2.9% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Middlebranch, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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 Middlebranch: questions
What is the median household income in Middlebranch?
$99,959 (±$32,018) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Middlebranch?
7.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Middlebranch?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Middlebranch work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canton (20%, 6 mi), Jackson Township (13%, 8 mi), Plain Township (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Middlebranch walkable?
Middlebranch is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Middlebranch without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Middlebranch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Middlebranch
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.