Photo: Dough4872 · Public domainHouseholds in Sabina have lower incomes than those in 89% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Sabina are C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 22.7% of residents are in poverty, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. For 5% of workers, the job is at home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Sabina stands out on work
Sabina makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Sabina are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Sabina residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Sabina than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Sabina fell from 646 in 2013 to 405 in 2023, −37%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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.
Why Sabina gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sabina is better than 18% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Sabina’s grade up (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sabina could be anywhere from D to C+.
Sabina makes things: 47% of its jobs are in goods
405 jobs are based in Sabina.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sabina, 2013 → 2023: 646 → 405. 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 Sabina’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Sabina quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,021 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 337 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Sabina on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.37 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.
16% of working residents work in Wilmington
Where Sabina clocks in
16% of workers
5% 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.
About 22 minutes each way for Sabina’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sabina workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,053 commuters (the 5% 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.
Where in the region Sabina works
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.
Getting around Sabina: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sabina is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,112 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). 4.5% of Sabina households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sabina’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300, Sabina comes 4,082nd 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 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,080 | Newton Township OH | 1,778 | $75K | 22.0% | 2.0% | 2% | C− |
| 4,081 | Lebanon Junction KY | 1,837 | $55K | 19.7% | 9.8% | 2% | C− |
| 4,082 | Sabina OH | 2,437 | $49K | 22.7% | 3.8% | 6% | C− |
| 4,083 | Dresden TN | 2,911 | $51K | 10.6% | 6.3% | 23% | C− |
| 4,084 | Troy Township OH | 2,444 | $56K | 10.3% | 6.1% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Sabina, 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 Sabina: questions
What is the median household income in Sabina?
$48,750 (±$8,002) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sabina?
22.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sabina?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sabina work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilmington (16%, 11 mi), Liberty Township (8%, 10 mi), Richland Township (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sabina walkable?
Sabina is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sabina without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sabina, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sabina
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.