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Jobs & commute in Rogers

Jobs and the daily commute in Rogers

There are 46 jobs in Rogers, against 62 working residents. Hardly any stay in Rogers for work; outside it, Columbiana is the main destination (10%, 7 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 28 minutes (Ohio 23, U.S. 26).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Rogers

On a workday 62 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.

62live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
46work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night190
Workday170
190live here− 62head out to work+ 46come in to work= 170on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.74jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.74 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.

The commute map

Where Rogers goes to work

RogersNew WaterfordLisbon: 4 residents work here (6%)WellsvilleLeetoniaMinervaEast Palestine: 3 residents work here (5%)Columbiana: 6 residents work here (10%)Salem: 4 residents work here (6%)NilesYoungstown: 2 residents work here (3%)Columbus: 2 residents work here (3%)Perry TownshipMiddleton TownshipFairfield Township: 4 residents work here (6%)Elkrun TownshipUnity TownshipBoardman Township: 4 residents work here (6%)Springfield Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Calcutta: 3 residents work here (5%)ColumbianaLisbonSalemFairfield TownshipBoardman TownshipEast PalestineRogers
1
Columbiana7 mi away
10%6
2
Lisbon7.1 mi away
6%4
3
Salem14.1 mi away
6%4
46%4
5
Boardman Township16.1 mi away
6%4
6
East Palestine5.4 mi away
5%3
7
Calcutta8 mi away
5%3
8
Youngstown21.4 mi away
3%2
9
Columbus136 mi away
3%2
103%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%28
The top trips

Where Rogers 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.

The jobs

What Rogers’ employers do

Jobs based in RogersJobs Rogers residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms26%26%
Trade, transport & utilities72%29%
Services: health, schools, offices2%45%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less26%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month57%37%
Over $3,333 a month17%50%

Who does it

29 or younger35%23%
30 to 5435%45%
55 and older30%32%
+7%

Jobs based in Rogers, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 46. 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 Rogers’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Rogers: about 28 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
212 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Rogers28 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
15%

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

About 2 in 10
How Rogers gets to work
70%Drive alone
24%Carpool
6%Walk

Share of the 66 commuters (the 15% 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.

How far

Where in the region Rogers works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miColumbiana: 10% · 7 miLisbon: 6% · 7.1 miSalem: 6% · 14.1 miFairfield Township: 6% · 5.7 miBoardman Township: 6% · 16.1 miEast Palestine: 5% · 5.4 miCalcutta: 5% · 8 miYoungstown: 3% · 21.4 miColumbus: 3% · 136 miSpringfield Township: 3% · 10.7 miColumbiana 10%Lisbon 6%Salem 6%Fairfield Township 6%Boardman Township 6%Rogers
RogersTop destinations (size = commuters)
35%Under 10 mi22 residents
31%10–24 mi19 residents
13%25–50 mi8 residents
21%Over 50 mi13 residents

About 21% 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.

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

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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Rogers: questions

What is the median household income in Rogers?

$35,000 (±$16,844) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Rogers?

25.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Rogers?

28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Rogers work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbiana (10%, 7 mi), Lisbon (6%, 7 mi), Salem (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Rogers without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Rogers, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Rogers

Rogers home →

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.