Photo: Nyttend · Public domainNorthfield Center Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Employers in Northfield Center Township report 1,554 jobs, against 2,923 working residents. For jobs and income Northfield Center Township is better than 78% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 3% stay in Northfield Center Township for work; outside it, Cleveland is the main destination (16%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Northfield Center Township: the figures worth knowing
Where Northfield Center Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Northfield Center Township’s grade up (1.0%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (7.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Northfield Center Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
The kinds of work in Northfield Center Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Northfield Center Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,622 → 1,554. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Northfield Center Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Northfield Center Township on a workday
On a workday 2,847 residents head out to work, 76 work right here, and 1,478 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Northfield Center Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Northfield Center Township work
Where Northfield Center Township clocks in
16% 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.
About 20 minutes to work from Northfield Center Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Northfield Center Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,680 commuters (the 18% 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 Northfield Center Township goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Northfield Center Township is a driving town
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 3,287 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). 0.0% of Northfield Center Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Northfield Center Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
885th of 3,561: where Northfield Center Township ranks among U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 27 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 12% | A+ |
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| 883 | Hyde Park UT | 5,786 | $113K | 1.9% | 5.0% | 4% | A− |
| 884 | Raisinville Township MI | 6,136 | $90K | 3.9% | 3.2% | 2% | A− |
| 885 | Northfield Center Township OH | 5,596 | $97K | 1.0% | 7.7% | 3% | A− |
| 886 | Siesta Key FL | 5,525 | $116K | 7.2% | 4.0% | 8% | A− |
| 887 | Elkins AR | 4,184 | $82K | 6.5% | 0.0% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,561 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Northfield Center Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Northfield Center Township
The biggest share goes to Macedonia (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Northfield Center Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northfield Center Township | – | A− | C− | 20 min | $96,607 |
| Sagamore Hills Township | under 2% | A− | C | 24 min | $90,604 |
| Macedonia | 4% | A | C | 26 min | $101,285 |
| Boston Heights | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 22 min | $121,250 |
| Boston Township | under 2% | A+ | B+ | 25 min | $91,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Northfield Center Township’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 2024, 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 Northfield Center Township: questions
What is the median household income in Northfield Center Township?
$96,607 (±$27,137) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Northfield Center Township?
1.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Northfield Center Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Northfield Center Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (16%, 15 mi), Akron (5%, 14 mi), Twinsburg (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Northfield Center Township walkable?
Northfield Center Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Northfield Center Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Northfield Center Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Northfield Center Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.