Richwood has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C−: better than 24% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #861 of 992 in Ohio.
Walkability B: more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns · #279 of 993 in Ohio.
Household incomes here are lower than in 68% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 26 minutes each way (Ohio 23, U.S. 26). Only 6% work in Richwood; the top destination outside it is Columbus (17%, 35 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Richwood
What’s behind Richwood’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Richwood is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #861 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Richwood’s grade up (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (8.0%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Richwood could be anywhere from D to A−.
Half of Richwood commutes less than 24 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 16% 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.
Richwood quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,011 residents head out to work, 66 work right here, and 559 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Richwood on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
17% of working residents work in Columbus
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Richwood clocks in
17% of workers
14% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
625 jobs are based in Richwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Richwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richwood, 2013 → 2023: 605 → 625. 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.
About 26 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richwood workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 925 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Most trips from Richwood start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Richwood is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #279 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,002 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). 8.1% of Richwood households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Richwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Richwood is 3,846th of 5,278 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,600 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Richwood, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,844 | Spencer IN | 2,479 | $48K | 14.1% | 4.3% | 24% | C− |
| 3,845 | Village of Four Seasons MO | 2,473 | $90K | 10.9% | 9.3% | 7% | C− |
| 3,846 | Richwood OH | 2,640 | $64K | 13.1% | 8.0% | 6% | C− |
| 3,847 | Stamford TX | 2,963 | $47K | 20.5% | 1.2% | 25% | C− |
| 3,848 | Bushnell IL | 2,600 | $68K | 9.8% | 6.6% | 22% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,278 | 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.
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 Richwood: questions
What is the median household income in Richwood?
$64,007 (±$14,039) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richwood?
13.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richwood?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richwood work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (17%, 35 mi), Marysville (14%, 15 mi), Allen Township (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Richwood walkable?
Richwood is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Richwood without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richwood
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.