Photo: Nyttend · Public domainOlmsted Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Olmsted Township are A for jobs and income and C for walkability. Employers in Olmsted Township report 1,892 jobs; 6,935 of its residents have a job. Only 4% work in Olmsted Township itself; outside it, Cleveland draws the most (27%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Olmsted Township apart
Where Olmsted Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Olmsted Township is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #112 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Olmsted Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Olmsted Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Olmsted Township
On a workday 6,631 residents head out to work, 304 work right here, and 1,588 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,500 people are in Olmsted Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Where the trip to work from Olmsted Township ends
Where Olmsted Township clocks in
27% 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.
What Olmsted Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Olmsted Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,876 → 1,892. 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 Olmsted Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Olmsted Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Olmsted Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,171 commuters (the 17% 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.
Olmsted Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
The commute in Olmsted Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Olmsted Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #625 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Olmsted Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,410 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). 6.4% of Olmsted Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Olmsted Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Olmsted Township is 338th of 2,362 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 336 | Oregon WI | 12,015 | $103K | 4.7% | 2.2% | 10% | A |
| 337 | Southborough MA | 10,559 | $197K | 3.7% | 4.6% | 9% | A |
| 338 | Olmsted Township OH | 14,538 | $96K | 5.8% | 1.8% | 4% | A |
| 339 | Stanford CA | 18,662 | $75K | 15.9% | 8.1% | 19% | A |
| 340 | Belle Chasse LA | 10,934 | $115K | 6.1% | 2.5% | 16% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | 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 Olmsted Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Olmsted Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Olmsted Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olmsted Township | – | A | C | 27 min | $96,447 |
| Olmsted Falls | under 2% | A | C− | 26 min | $96,837 |
| North Olmsted | 4% | A− | B+ | 24 min | $84,363 |
| Berea | 3% | B | A | 23 min | $74,926 |
| Brook Park | under 2% | B+ | B | 21 min | $71,332 |
| North Ridgeville | under 2% | A | B− | 26 min | $96,698 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to North Olmsted. Darker towns draw more of Olmsted 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 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 Olmsted Township: questions
What is the median household income in Olmsted Township?
$96,447 (±$3,999) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Olmsted Township?
5.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Olmsted Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Olmsted Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (27%, 15 mi), Westlake (5%, 5 mi), North Olmsted (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Olmsted Township walkable?
Olmsted Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Olmsted Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Olmsted Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Olmsted Township
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.