Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnemployment in Sebring (12.2%) is higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Sebring is behind 88% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Sebring is better than 13% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (C+). About one in seven stay in Sebring for work; outside it, Alliance is the main destination (15%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Sebring
Sebring trades workers with the towns around it
Sebring has about as many jobs (1,532) as working residents (1,402), but they are mostly different people: 1,189 residents leave for work each day while 1,319 people come in. Only 14% of the jobs in Sebring are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Sebring and Alliance trade workers both ways
Alliance is the top workplace for Sebring residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Sebring come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Sebring makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Sebring are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Sebring residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Sebring
Job access by car holds Sebring’s grade up (ahead of 61% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sebring could be anywhere from D to C.
Sebring on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,189 residents head out to work, 213 work right here, and 1,319 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Sebring: the destinations
Where Sebring clocks in
15% of workers
7% of workers
2% 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.
Sebring works in goods: 42% of its jobs
1,532 jobs are based in Sebring.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sebring, 2013 → 2023: 1,629 → 1,532. 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 Sebring’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes to work from Sebring
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sebring workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,343 commuters (the 6% 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 it is to work from Sebring
About 18% 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.
For most of Sebring, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of 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 1,433 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). 17.1% of Sebring households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sebring’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Sebring is 3,795th among 4,283 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,793 | Woodville FL | 3,722 | $54K | 17.4% | 6.1% | 2% | D |
| 3,794 | Tama IA | 3,011 | $69K | 24.0% | 7.5% | 16% | D |
| 3,795 | Sebring OH | 4,065 | $50K | 20.3% | 12.2% | 15% | D |
| 3,796 | Dewey OK | 3,450 | $43K | 23.0% | 4.7% | 8% | D |
| 3,797 | Stanley WI | 3,876 | $48K | 20.0% | 5.0% | 10% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,283 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Sebring, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Sebring: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Smith Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sebring workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebring | – | D | C+ | 24 min | $49,541 |
| Smith Township | 1% | B+ | D | 24 min | $69,010 |
| Maple Ridge | under 2% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Beloit | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Maple Ridge and Beloit: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sebring’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 Sebring: questions
What is the median household income in Sebring?
$49,541 (±$7,514) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sebring?
20.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sebring?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sebring work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alliance (15%, 5 mi), Salem (7%, 9 mi), Lexington Township (2%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sebring walkable?
Sebring is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sebring 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 Sebring, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sebring
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.