New Middletown has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for New Middletown are C for jobs and income and C for walkability. There are 179 jobs in New Middletown for 612 working residents. Household incomes here are lower than in 87% of U.S. towns.
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 New Middletown
The figures behind New Middletown’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, New Middletown is better than 34% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds New Middletown’s grade up (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($50,375, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (4.0%) is left out: New Middletown’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, New Middletown could be anywhere from C− to B.
The daily commute in and out of New Middletown
On a workday 606 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 173 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in New Middletown on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
16% of working residents work in Boardman Township
Where New Middletown clocks in
16% of workers
12% 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.
What New Middletown’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Middletown, 2013 → 2023: 247 → 179. 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 New Middletown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from New Middletown: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Middletown workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 632 commuters (the 10% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from New Middletown
About 22% 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.
For most of New Middletown, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Middletown is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 702 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). 2.1% of New Middletown households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of New Middletown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, New Middletown is 3,289th among 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,287 | Constantine MI | 1,983 | $73K | 13.3% | 7.3% | 7% | C |
| 3,288 | Weedsport NY | 1,760 | $71K | 16.6% | 1.1% | 6% | C |
| 3,289 | New Middletown OH | 1,486 | $50K | 12.3% | 4.0% | 1% | C |
| 3,290 | Plymouth OH | 1,702 | $74K | 13.8% | 6.1% | 2% | C |
| 3,291 | Spring City UT | 1,051 | $71K | 6.4% | 5.5% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of New Middletown, 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 New Middletown: questions
What is the median household income in New Middletown?
$50,375 (±$9,342) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Middletown?
12.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Middletown?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Middletown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boardman Township (16%, 7 mi), Youngstown (12%, 10 mi), Springfield Township (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is New Middletown walkable?
New Middletown is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Middletown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Middletown, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Middletown
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.