Photo: Upstateherd · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Niles have lower incomes than those in 87% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Niles is better than 36% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (B−). 16.2% of residents are in poverty (Ohio 13.3%). 5% of workers work from home (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Niles: the figures worth knowing
Niles trades workers with the towns around it
Niles has about as many jobs (7,785) as working residents (7,555), but they are mostly different people: 6,417 residents leave for work each day while 6,647 people come in. Only 15% of the jobs in Niles are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Niles pay little
27% of the jobs based in Niles pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 32% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Niles
Job access by car holds Niles’ grade up (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($50,953, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Niles could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Who commutes out of Niles, and who commutes in
On a workday 6,417 residents head out to work, 1,138 work right here, and 6,647 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 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.
What the 7,785 jobs in Niles are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Niles, 2013 → 2023: 9,136 → 7,785. 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 Niles’s own residents hold wherever they work.
9% of working residents work in Warren
Where Niles clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Commuting from Niles: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Niles workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,855 commuters (the 5% 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.
Where in the region Niles works
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.
In Niles, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of 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 8,279 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). 9.4% of Niles households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Niles’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Niles is 1,366th among 1,822 U.S. towns of 13,000 to 24,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Powell OH | 18,269 | $195K | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,364 | Sikeston MO | 15,983 | $59K | 14.2% | 3.5% | 44% | C+ |
| 1,365 | Kalamazoo Township MI | 22,523 | $58K | 11.6% | 6.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,366 | Niles OH | 18,116 | $51K | 16.2% | 4.2% | 15% | C+ |
| 1,367 | Sidney OH | 20,124 | $61K | 14.2% | 4.8% | 35% | C+ |
| 1,368 | Coatesville PA | 13,283 | $59K | 18.1% | 4.8% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,822 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Niles, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Niles and its neighbors: 11% work next door
The biggest share goes to Warren (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Niles workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niles | – | C+ | B− | 22 min | $50,953 |
| McKinley Heights | under 2% | C− | C | 14 min | $39,133 |
| Weathersfield Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 22 min | $51,927 |
| Hilltop | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Bolindale | under 2% | C | C− | 20 min | $45,833 |
| McDonald | under 2% | A− | C | 25 min | $81,855 |
| Howland Township | 2% | B | C | 20 min | $73,361 |
| Warren | 9% | D | B | 23 min | $37,887 |
| Mineral Ridge | under 2% | B | C | 16 min | $59,161 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hilltop: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Niles’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 Niles: questions
What is the median household income in Niles?
$50,953 (±$3,028) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Niles?
16.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Niles?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Niles work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warren (9%, 5 mi), Youngstown (8%, 8 mi), Boardman Township (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Niles walkable?
Niles is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Niles without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Niles, from the people who make the trip.
More of Niles
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.