Photo: Public domain · Public domainHousehold incomes in Mount Gilead are lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Mount Gilead is better than 13% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (A−). Below the poverty line: 17.7% of residents; Ohio has 13.3%. Home is the office for 4% of workers; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Mount Gilead
Mount Gilead’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mount Gilead is Columbus, 40 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (175) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Mount Gilead workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Mount Gilead workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
The figures behind Mount Gilead’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Mount Gilead’s grade up (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($44,643, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Gilead could be anywhere from D to C+.
How far it is to work from Mount Gilead
About 18% 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.
About 32 minutes each way for Mount Gilead’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Gilead workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,225 commuters (the 4% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Mount Gilead
On a workday 1,266 residents head out to work, 168 work right here, and 1,816 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Mount Gilead on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 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.
12% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Mount Gilead clocks in
12% of workers
5% 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.
Most jobs in Mount Gilead are in services
1,984 jobs are based in Mount Gilead.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Gilead, 2013 → 2023: 1,714 → 1,984. 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 Mount Gilead’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Mount Gilead
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,271 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). 8.2% of Mount Gilead households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Mount Gilead’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mount Gilead places 3,833rd of 4,355 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,831 | Potosi MO | 2,568 | $40K | 25.0% | 3.7% | 22% | D |
| 3,832 | Seaside Heights NJ | 2,549 | $48K | 34.1% | 8.0% | 8% | D |
| 3,833 | Mount Gilead OH | 3,575 | $45K | 17.7% | 6.8% | 12% | D |
| 3,834 | Tyrone Township IL | 4,582 | $51K | 15.7% | 7.0% | 10% | D |
| 3,835 | Rushville IL | 2,857 | $58K | 12.6% | 7.1% | 23% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | 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 Mount Gilead, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Mount Gilead
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Gilead workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Gilead | – | D | A− | 32 min | $44,643 |
| Edison | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Edison: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Gilead’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 Mount Gilead: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Gilead?
$44,643 (±$13,024) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Gilead?
17.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Gilead?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Gilead work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (12%, 40 mi), Marion (5%, 16 mi), Marion Township (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Gilead walkable?
Mount Gilead is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Gilead without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Gilead, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Gilead
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.