Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Penfield Township has higher unemployment (11.7%) than 97% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Penfield Township C; getting around on foot earns it D. 3% of workers work from home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Penfield Township and work: the main findings
Penfield Township is a place people come home to
There are 168 jobs based in Penfield Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Penfield Township has about 1,100 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Penfield Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Penfield Township is Cleveland, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (104) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Penfield Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 880 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Penfield Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Penfield Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Penfield Township’s grade up ($98,563, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Penfield Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
How many people are in Penfield Township by day
On a workday 873 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 161 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Penfield Township on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.19 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Penfield Township
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.
About 28 minutes to work from Penfield Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Penfield Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 825 commuters (the 3% 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.
12% of working residents work in Cleveland
Where Penfield Township clocks in
12% 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.
68% of the jobs in Penfield Township make or build things
168 jobs are based in Penfield Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Penfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 168. 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 Penfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Penfield Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Penfield Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 2.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 848 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). 0.0% of Penfield Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Penfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,911th of 5,343: where Penfield Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 22 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,909 | Richmond Township MI | 1,697 | $71K | 9.4% | 2.5% | 4% | C |
| 2,910 | Union Township MO | 2,086 | $70K | 14.7% | 2.1% | 18% | C |
| 2,911 | Penfield Township OH | 1,814 | $99K | 19.6% | 11.7% | 1% | C |
| 2,912 | Liberty Township OH | 2,115 | $70K | 6.2% | 0.4% | 4% | C |
| 2,913 | Conemaugh Township PA | 1,880 | $63K | 11.4% | 5.4% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Penfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Penfield Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Penfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penfield Township | – | C | D | 28 min | $98,563 |
| Litchfield Township | under 2% | A | D | 36 min | $108,419 |
| LaGrange Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 27 min | $90,966 |
| Spencer Township | under 2% | A+ | D− | 39 min | $104,637 |
| Wellington Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 29 min | $71,298 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Penfield 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 Penfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Penfield Township?
$98,563 (±$23,500) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Penfield Township?
19.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Penfield Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Penfield Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (12%, 31 mi), Elyria (8%, 15 mi), LaGrange (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Penfield Township walkable?
Penfield Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Penfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Penfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Penfield 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.