Photo: 636Buster · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Negley works elsewhere
Employers in Negley report 33 jobs, against 100 working residents. Only 1% work in Negley itself; outside it, East Palestine draws the most (13%, 3 miles). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Negley on a workday
On a workday 99 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Negley on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
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 Negley: the destinations
Where Negley clocks in
13% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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 kinds of work in Negley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Negley, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 33. 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 Negley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Negley
of Negley workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 189 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 far Negley’s workers travel
About 21% 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.
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 Negley: questions
What is the poverty rate in Negley?
2.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Negley work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Palestine (13%, 3 mi), Columbiana (6%, 9 mi), Boardman Township (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Negley 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 Negley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Negley
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.