Photo: Nyttend · Public domainSheffield Township has lower household incomes than 90% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 16.5% of residents, where Ohio as a whole has 13.3%. Sheffield Township grades B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 3% work in Sheffield Township itself; outside it, Lorain draws the most (11%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Sheffield Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sheffield Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #615 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Sheffield Township’s grade up (1.9%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($48,433, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sheffield Township could be anywhere from C to B.
Sheffield Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,550 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 993 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Sheffield Township on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.65 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.
Where Sheffield Township’s working residents head each day
Where Sheffield Township clocks in
11% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
What the 1,035 jobs in Sheffield Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sheffield Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,266 → 1,035. 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 Sheffield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Sheffield Township: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sheffield Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,699 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Sheffield Township
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.
Sheffield Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sheffield Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #494 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% 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 1,814 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). 6.2% of Sheffield Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Sheffield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,300, Sheffield Township ranks 2,240th of 4,364 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 52 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 61 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 83 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,238 | Watson Township IL | 3,176 | $77K | 6.8% | 4.0% | 7% | B− |
| 2,239 | Marlboro Township OH | 4,244 | $90K | 9.1% | 8.3% | 10% | B− |
| 2,240 | Sheffield Township OH | 3,925 | $48K | 16.5% | 1.9% | 3% | B− |
| 2,241 | Wildwood Lake TN | 3,495 | $63K | 15.0% | 2.3% | 1% | B− |
| 2,242 | Seward AK | 2,892 | $85K | 9.3% | 2.3% | — | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,364 | 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 Sheffield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
24% of Sheffield Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sheffield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield Township | – | B− | C+ | 26 min | $48,433 |
| Lorain | 11% | C− | C+ | 25 min | $48,685 |
| Sheffield | 3% | A+ | C+ | 25 min | $107,837 |
| Elyria Township | under 3% | B | C | 26 min | $62,179 |
| Elyria | 10% | C | C+ | 23 min | $54,945 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lorain. Darker towns draw more of Sheffield Township’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 Sheffield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sheffield Township?
$48,433 (±$3,631) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sheffield Township?
16.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sheffield Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sheffield Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lorain (11%, 2 mi), Elyria (10%, 4 mi), Cleveland (9%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sheffield Township walkable?
Sheffield Township is more walkable than 45% 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 Sheffield Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sheffield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sheffield Township
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.