Household incomes in Ostrander top those of 96% of U.S. towns
27% of workers work from home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. 4.8% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. Jobs and income earn Ostrander A+; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Ostrander stands out on work
Ostrander’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Ostrander is Columbus, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 26% of working residents (129) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Ostrander is a place people come home to
There are 128 jobs based in Ostrander, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ostrander has about 850 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Ostrander
27% of Ostrander workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
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; with 493 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Ostrander: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Ostrander is better than 95% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($159,375, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Ostrander’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, Ostrander could be anywhere from A to A+.
How far Ostrander goes to work
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.
A workday in Ostrander: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 485 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in Ostrander on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.26 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Ostrander: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ostrander workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 367 commuters (the 27% 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.
26% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Ostrander clocks in
26% of workers
12% of workers
5% 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.
The 128 jobs based in Ostrander
128 jobs are based in Ostrander.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ostrander, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 128. 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 Ostrander’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Ostrander gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ostrander is more walkable than 12% 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 502 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). 0.3% of Ostrander households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ostrander’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Ostrander is 117th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Coldstream OH | 1,540 | $232K | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 115 | Boston Township OH | 1,396 | $92K | 2.7% | 9.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 116 | New Baltimore OH | 1,585 | $159K | 5.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| 117 | Ostrander OH | 1,219 | $159K | 4.8% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| 118 | Verona KY | 1,394 | $145K | 3.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 119 | China Grove TX | 1,149 | $103K | 4.8% | 2.1% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Ostrander, 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 Ostrander: questions
What is the median household income in Ostrander?
$159,375 (±$17,474) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ostrander?
4.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ostrander?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ostrander work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (26%, 23 mi), Delaware (12%, 7 mi), Marysville (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ostrander walkable?
Ostrander is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ostrander without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ostrander, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ostrander
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.