Photo: Photo by and ©2010 Dustin M. Ramsey (Kralizec!) · CC BY-SA 2.5Unemployment in North Baltimore (2.4%) is lower than in 79% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income North Baltimore is better than 48% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (B). About one in seven work in North Baltimore; the top destination outside it is Findlay (18%, 9 miles). Measured by household income, North Baltimore is behind 73% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where North Baltimore stands out on work
North Baltimore trades workers with the towns around it
North Baltimore has about as many jobs (1,404) as working residents (1,589), but they are mostly different people: 1,396 residents leave for work each day while 1,211 people come in. Only 14% of the jobs in North Baltimore are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
North Baltimore makes and builds things
54% of the jobs based in North Baltimore are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs North Baltimore residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 36%. The jobs ↓
North Baltimore and Findlay trade workers both ways
Findlay is the top workplace for North Baltimore residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in North Baltimore come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Inside North Baltimore’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds North Baltimore’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($60,396, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, North Baltimore could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Who commutes out of North Baltimore, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,396 residents head out to work, 193 work right here, and 1,211 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 (0.88 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.
Goods jobs make up 54% of work in North Baltimore
1,404 jobs are based in North Baltimore.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Baltimore, 2013 → 2023: 1,196 → 1,404. 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 North Baltimore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of North Baltimore: the destinations
Where North Baltimore clocks in
18% of workers
9% 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.
North Baltimore’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Baltimore workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,257 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.
How far it is to work from North Baltimore
About 17% 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.
Few in North Baltimore walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,404 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.5% of North Baltimore households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of North Baltimore’s commuters take a bus or train.
North Baltimore places 2,326th of 4,402 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,324 | Gramercy LA | 2,689 | $68K | 11.2% | 4.9% | 4% | B− |
| 2,325 | Sleepy Eye MN | 3,461 | $67K | 7.8% | 2.7% | 31% | B− |
| 2,326 | North Baltimore OH | 3,409 | $60K | 14.0% | 2.4% | 12% | B− |
| 2,327 | Haw River NC | 2,425 | $61K | 25.1% | 1.7% | 2% | B− |
| 2,328 | Farm Loop AK | 2,894 | $119K | 5.7% | 7.3% | — | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | 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 North Baltimore, 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 North Baltimore: questions
What is the median household income in North Baltimore?
$60,396 (±$9,475) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Baltimore?
14.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Baltimore?
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 North Baltimore work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Findlay (18%, 9 mi), Bowling Green (9%, 14 mi), Allen Township (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is North Baltimore walkable?
North Baltimore is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around North Baltimore without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Baltimore, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Baltimore
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.