With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Roaming Shores works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Roaming Shores for work; outside it, Ashtabula is the main destination (5%, 17 miles). There are 68 jobs in Roaming Shores, and 571 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Roaming Shores B+; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Roaming Shores
Roaming Shores is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in Roaming Shores, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Roaming Shores has about 1,100 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Roaming Shores workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (32 to 34 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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; with 571 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Roaming Shores’ grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Roaming Shores is better than 70% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Roaming Shores’ grade up (2.1%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Roaming Shores could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Roaming Shores quiets down on a workday
On a workday 566 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Roaming Shores on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
About 38 minutes to work from Roaming Shores
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roaming Shores workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 883 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.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The places Roaming Shores commutes to
Where Roaming Shores clocks in
5% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Roaming Shores: what the 68 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roaming Shores, 2014 → 2024: 32 → 68. 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 Roaming Shores’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Roaming Shores
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Roaming Shores gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Roaming Shores is more walkable than 8% 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 957 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). 0.8% of Roaming Shores households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Roaming Shores’ commuters take a bus or train.
Roaming Shores is 1,174th of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,172 | Mesilla NM | 1,818 | $75K | 4.5% | 6.8% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,173 | Rehoboth Beach DE | 1,309 | $138K | 8.7% | 6.7% | 24% | B+ |
| 1,174 | Roaming Shores OH | 1,600 | $91K | 6.4% | 2.1% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,175 | Empire Township KS | 1,301 | $95K | 4.4% | 0.4% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,176 | Hancock NH | 1,763 | $95K | 4.1% | 1.0% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Roaming Shores, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Roaming Shores
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Roaming Shores workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roaming Shores | – | B+ | D | 38 min | $91,078 |
| Rock Creek | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Rome Township | under 3% | C | D | 34 min | $80,714 |
| Morgan Township | under 3% | B− | C+ | 33 min | $78,289 |
Same-state neighbors only. Rock Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Roaming Shores’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 Roaming Shores: questions
What is the median household income in Roaming Shores?
$91,078 (±$11,571) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roaming Shores?
6.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roaming Shores?
38 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roaming Shores work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashtabula (5%, 17 mi), Cleveland (5%, 45 mi), Mentor (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Roaming Shores walkable?
Roaming Shores is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Roaming Shores without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roaming Shores, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roaming Shores
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.