Photo: 636Buster · CC BY-SA 4.0Poland has higher household incomes than 70% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Poland A−; getting around on foot earns it C. Below the poverty line: 3.4% of residents; Ohio has 13.3%. Only 2% work in Poland; the top destination outside it is Youngstown (17%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Poland at work: what stands out
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Poland’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 27 minutes, longer than the Ohio average of 23. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Poland
61% of Poland residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Poland pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Poland
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Poland is better than 83% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Poland could be anywhere from B to A+.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Poland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Poland workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 960 commuters (the 13% 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.
Poland is a services town
637 jobs are based in Poland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Poland, 2013 → 2023: 649 → 637. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Poland
On a workday 987 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 620 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Poland on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.63 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.
Where people from Poland work
Where Poland clocks in
17% of workers
16% 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.
Half of Poland commutes less than 8 miles
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.
For most of Poland, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Poland is more walkable than 34% 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 1,099 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). 5.6% of Poland households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Poland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Poland is 606th of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 604 | Harris Township OH | 2,864 | $89K | 7.6% | 0.0% | 7% | A− |
| 605 | Spring Lake MI | 2,504 | $88K | 7.3% | 1.8% | 6% | A− |
| 606 | Poland OH | 2,418 | $92K | 3.4% | 3.9% | 2% | A− |
| 607 | Yardley PA | 2,577 | $113K | 3.4% | 6.4% | 4% | A− |
| 608 | Hiram Township OH | 2,420 | $98K | 2.6% | 4.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work next door: 19% of Poland’s workers
The biggest share goes to Boardman Township (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Poland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | – | A− | C | 27 min | $92,417 |
| Poland Township | 3% | A | C− | 22 min | $94,563 |
| Boardman Township | 16% | B− | B− | 22 min | $66,619 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Poland’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: questions
What is the median household income in Poland?
$92,417 (±$14,187) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Poland?
3.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Poland?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Poland work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Youngstown (17%, 6 mi), Boardman Township (16%, 3 mi), Poland Township (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Poland walkable?
Poland is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Poland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Poland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Poland
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.