Photo: 636Buster · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Poland Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 6% stay in Poland Township for work; outside it, Boardman Township is the main destination (17%, 5 miles). 1,994 jobs are based in Poland Township, and 6,081 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Poland Township A; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Poland Township in brief
Poland Township and Boardman Township trade workers both ways
Boardman Township is the top workplace for Poland Township residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Poland Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Poland Township
60% of Poland Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Poland Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
What’s behind Poland Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Poland Township is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #149 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Poland 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, Poland Township could be anywhere from A− to A.
The towns that employ Poland Township’s residents
Where Poland Township clocks in
17% of workers
15% of workers
3% 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 Poland Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Poland Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,730 → 1,994. 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 Poland Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Poland Township
On a workday 5,732 residents head out to work, 349 work right here, and 1,645 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Poland Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Poland Township’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Poland Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,609 commuters (the 15% 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.
The commute from Poland Township, by distance
About 18% 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.
Getting around Poland Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Poland Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #759 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% of 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 6,613 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). 3.5% of Poland Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Poland Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Poland Township places 467th of 2,362 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 465 | Harrison OH | 13,795 | $100K | 6.9% | 1.5% | 12% | A |
| 466 | Spring Lake Township MI | 15,705 | $97K | 4.9% | 2.2% | 9% | A |
| 467 | Poland Township OH | 14,464 | $95K | 5.2% | 2.0% | 6% | A |
| 468 | Portsmouth RI | 17,474 | $117K | 4.9% | 3.1% | 16% | A |
| 469 | Celebration FL | 13,667 | $96K | 3.8% | 3.3% | 10% | 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 Poland Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work next door: 22% of Poland Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Poland Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland Township | – | A | C− | 22 min | $94,563 |
| Struthers | 3% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $53,447 |
| Boardman Township | 17% | B− | B− | 22 min | $66,619 |
| Poland | 2% | A− | C | 27 min | $92,417 |
| Lowellville | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Springfield Township | under 2% | B− | C | 27 min | $62,348 |
| Coitsville Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 33 min | $58,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lowellville: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Boardman Township. Darker towns draw more of Poland 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 Poland Township: questions
What is the median household income in Poland Township?
$94,563 (±$5,393) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Poland Township?
5.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Poland Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Poland Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boardman Township (17%, 5 mi), Youngstown (15%, 7 mi), Austintown (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Poland Township walkable?
Poland Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Poland Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Poland Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Poland 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.