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Jobs & commute in Reedurban

Reedurban has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Measured by household income, Reedurban is behind 78% of U.S. towns. Reedurban has 1,192 jobs, against 2,640 working residents. The two grades for Reedurban are C+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

The work figures that set Reedurban apart

Reedurban and Canton trade workers both ways

Canton is the top workplace for Reedurban residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Reedurban come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓

Commutes from Reedurban are quick

The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. Time on the road ↓

The better-paid jobs are outside Reedurban

58% of Reedurban residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Reedurban pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓

Many jobs in Reedurban pay little

27% of the jobs based in Reedurban pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 32% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓

Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.

Jobs & income grade

Inside Reedurban’s Jobs & income grade

On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Reedurban is better than 42% of U.S. towns, #711 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Reedurban’s grade up (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.

Household income $57,000 (±$5,688) · OH $71,389 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 22% of U.S. towns
Poverty 18.6% · OH 13.3% · U.S. 12.5%Lower than 17% of U.S. towns
Unemployment 4.0% (±3.0) · OH 4.8% · U.S. 5.2%Lower than 53% of U.S. towns
Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 84% of U.S. towns
Ohio towns we grade 992 towns#711 of 992
C−B+

A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Reedurban could be anywhere from C− to B+.

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

★ What stands out · The commute map

17% of working residents work in Canton

North Canton: 70 residents work here (3%)Massillon: 193 residents work here (7%)Canton: 454 residents work here (17%)Green: 87 residents work here (3%)Cleveland: 59 residents work here (2%)Akron: 155 residents work here (6%)Perry Township: 69 residents work here (3%)Jackson Township: 309 residents work here (12%)Plain Township: 76 residents work here (3%)Canton Township: 59 residents work here (2%)ReedurbanPerry HeightsCantonJackson TownshipMassillonAkronGreenPlain TownshipReedurban
1
Canton3.7 mi away
17%454
2
Jackson Township5.1 mi away
12%309
3
Massillon4.8 mi away
7%193
4
Akron20 mi away
6%155
5
Green10.9 mi away
3%87
6
Plain Township6.2 mi away
3%76
7
North Canton5.6 mi away
3%70
8
Perry Township2.5 mi away
3%69
9
Cleveland48.7 mi away
2%59
102%59
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%1,109
The top trips

Where Reedurban clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Reedurban’s commute takes about 17 minutes

A year of commuting
128 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Reedurban17 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
12%

of Reedurban workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Reedurban gets to work
84%Drive alone
10%Carpool
6%Walk

Share of the 2,104 commuters (the 12% 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 jobs

What Reedurban’s employers do

Jobs based in ReedurbanJobs Reedurban residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms18%22%
Trade, transport & utilities15%21%
Services: health, schools, offices67%57%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less27%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%28%
Over $3,333 a month39%58%

Who does it

29 or younger32%22%
30 to 5443%52%
55 and older25%27%
−12%

Jobs based in Reedurban, 2014 → 2024: 1,358 → 1,192. 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Reedurban’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Day and night

Who commutes out of Reedurban, and who commutes in

On a workday 2,593 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 1,145 people come in from elsewhere.

2,593live here, work elsewhere
47live and work here
1,145work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night4,900
Workday3,500
4,900live here− 2,600head out to work+ 1,100come in to work= 3,500on a workday

About 3,500 people are in Reedurban on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.45jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

How far

How far it is to work from Reedurban

10 mi25 mi50 mi55 miCanton: 17% · 3.7 miJackson Township: 12% · 5.1 miMassillon: 7% · 4.8 miAkron: 6% · 20 miGreen: 3% · 10.9 miPlain Township: 3% · 6.2 miNorth Canton: 3% · 5.6 miPerry Township: 3% · 2.5 miCleveland: 2% · 48.7 miCanton Township: 2% · 5 miCanton 17%Jackson Township 12%Massillon 7%Akron 6%Green 3%Reedurban
ReedurbanTop destinations (size = commuters)
56%Under 10 mi1,473 residents
19%10–24 mi507 residents
12%25–50 mi313 residents
13%Over 50 mi345 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Getting around · Walkability grade

Reedurban is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit

On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Reedurban is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #97 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 7.8.

EPA walkability index 7.8 of 20 · typical OH town 5.9 · U.S. 6.9Higher than 64% of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 6.0% of commuters · OH 3.7% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 81% of U.S. towns
Ohio towns we grade 993 towns#97 of 993
A−A−

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,380 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). 5.7% of Reedurban households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Reedurban’s commuters take a bus or train.

Towns its size

How Reedurban ranks: 2,391st of 3,840 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,600

#TownPeopleHousehold incomePovertyUnemploymentWork in townGrade
1Riverwoods IL3,766$249K0.7%0.7%3%A+
2Mission Hills KS3,522$250K1.2%0.3%2%A+
3Huntington Woods MI6,274$190K2.2%0.9%2%A+
…
33The Village of Indian Hill OH6,114$235K3.1%1.0%2%A+
…
60South Russell OH3,913$172K2.1%2.0%5%A+
…
66Sharon Township OH6,117$126K1.8%1.7%4%A+
…
2,389Sulphur OK4,878$67K15.5%1.5%27%C+
2,390Randolph Township OH5,337$65K7.5%9.3%6%C+
2,391Reedurban OH4,900$57K18.6%4.0%2%C+
2,392East Port Orchard WA4,725$75K10.4%6.2%4%C+
2,393Portage Lakes OH5,913$64K11.9%6.5%3%C+
…
3,840Lake Isabella CA4,059$27K40.7%8.6%19%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 Reedurban, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.

Next door

Work next door: 17% of Reedurban’s workers

Jobs & commute next door

TownReedurban workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Reedurban–C+A−17 min$57,000
Canton17%C−A−19 min$43,188

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Canton. Darker towns draw more of Reedurban’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Reedurban: questions

What is the median household income in Reedurban?

$57,000 (±$5,688) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Reedurban?

18.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Reedurban?

17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Reedurban work?

2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canton (17%, 4 mi), Jackson Township (12%, 5 mi), Massillon (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Is Reedurban walkable?

Reedurban is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.

Can you get around Reedurban 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 Reedurban, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Reedurban

Reedurban home →

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.