Sciotodale has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Employers in Sciotodale report 57 jobs; 402 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Sciotodale itself; outside it, Portsmouth draws the most (28%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Sciotodale
A lot of Sciotodale works one town over
36% of working residents work in a town that borders Sciotodale: Portsmouth (28%) and Wheelersburg (8%). Next door ↓
Sciotodale is a place people come home to
There are 57 jobs based in Sciotodale, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sciotodale has about 450 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Sciotodale’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 25 minutes, longer than the Ohio average of 23. Time on the road ↓
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; with 402 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Sciotodale, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 399 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Sciotodale on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Sciotodale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sciotodale workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 427 commuters (the 0% 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.
Out of Sciotodale to work: where people go
Where Sciotodale clocks in
28% of workers
3% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Sciotodale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sciotodale, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 57. 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 Sciotodale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Sciotodale
About 22% 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.
36% of Sciotodale works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sciotodale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sciotodale | – | — | — | 25 min | $50,507 |
| Wheelersburg | 8% | C | B | 23 min | $63,132 |
| Portsmouth | 28% | D | A− | 21 min | $34,713 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Portsmouth. Darker towns draw more of Sciotodale’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 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 Sciotodale: questions
What is the median household income in Sciotodale?
$50,507 (±$32,940) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sciotodale?
11.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sciotodale?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sciotodale work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portsmouth (28%, 5 mi), Wheelersburg (8%, 1 mi), Valley Township (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sciotodale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sciotodale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sciotodale
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.