Photo: SilentMatt Psychedelic · CC BY-SA 4.0Reedurban 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
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.
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.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Reedurban could be anywhere from C− to B+.
17% of working residents work in Canton
Where Reedurban clocks in
17% of workers
12% of workers
7% 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.
Reedurban’s commute takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reedurban workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
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.
What Reedurban’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
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.
About 3,500 people are in Reedurban on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 2024, primary jobs.
How far it is to work from Reedurban
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.
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.
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.
How Reedurban ranks: 2,391st of 3,840 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Sharon Township OH | 6,117 | $126K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,389 | Sulphur OK | 4,878 | $67K | 15.5% | 1.5% | 27% | C+ |
| 2,390 | Randolph Township OH | 5,337 | $65K | 7.5% | 9.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,391 | Reedurban OH | 4,900 | $57K | 18.6% | 4.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,392 | East Port Orchard WA | 4,725 | $75K | 10.4% | 6.2% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,393 | Portage Lakes OH | 5,913 | $64K | 11.9% | 6.5% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,840 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 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.
Work next door: 17% of Reedurban’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Canton. Darker towns draw more of Reedurban’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 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.
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.
More of Reedurban
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.