With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Richville works elsewhere
388 jobs are based in Richville for 1,510 working residents. Jobs and income earn Richville A; getting around on foot earns it C. Hardly any work in Richville; the top destination outside it is Canton (18%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Richville, in brief
Richville and Canton trade workers both ways
Canton is the top workplace for Richville residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Richville come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Richville is a place people come home to
There are 388 jobs based in Richville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Richville has about 2,000 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Richville pay little
30% of the jobs based in Richville pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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.
The four measures behind Richville’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Richville is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #133 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Richville’s grade up (1.9%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($74,375, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Richville could be anywhere from B to A+.
Commuting out of Richville: the destinations
Where Richville clocks in
18% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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.
How a workday changes Richville
On a workday 1,499 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 377 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Richville on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
What Richville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richville, 2013 → 2023: 296 → 388. 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 Richville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Richville: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,397 commuters (the 14% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Richville
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.
In Richville, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Richville is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #672 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Richville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,623 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). 0.5% of Richville households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Richville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200, Richville ranks 403rd of 4,562 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 401 | Wilton NH | 4,015 | $114K | 3.9% | 1.4% | 8% | A |
| 402 | Malvern PA | 3,427 | $118K | 4.5% | 4.3% | 5% | A |
| 403 | Richville OH | 3,145 | $74K | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1% | A |
| 404 | Rice MN | 2,212 | $108K | 3.0% | 2.3% | 8% | A |
| 405 | Hudson Oaks TX | 2,800 | $125K | 3.4% | 4.4% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Richville, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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 Richville: questions
What is the median household income in Richville?
$74,375 (±$19,371) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richville?
1.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richville?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canton (18%, 6 mi), Massillon (10%, 4 mi), Jackson Township (10%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Richville walkable?
Richville is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Richville without a car?
1% 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 Richville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richville
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.