Household incomes in Shiloh are lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
Shiloh grades C− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. The poverty rate is 24.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 9.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 9.5 in Dayton.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Shiloh
Why Shiloh gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Shiloh is better than 17% of U.S. towns, #919 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Shiloh’s grade up (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (11.4%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Shiloh could be anywhere from D to C.
28% of working residents work in Dayton
Where Shiloh clocks in
28% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Shiloh
On a workday 4,356 residents head out to work, 105 work right here, and 2,082 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,300 people are in Shiloh on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.49 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.
What the 2,187 jobs in Shiloh are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shiloh, 2013 → 2023: 2,009 → 2,187. 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 Shiloh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Shiloh spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shiloh workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,237 commuters (the 10% 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 Shiloh
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Shiloh
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Shiloh is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #133 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.1% 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 4,714 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 91% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 32% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 9.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 93% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 14.9% of Shiloh households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Shiloh’s commuters take a bus or train.
Shiloh next to U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000: 2,556th of 2,878 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 5 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,554 | Berwick PA | 10,297 | $50K | 16.5% | 6.6% | 20% | C− |
| 2,555 | Gun Barrel City TX | 7,133 | $71K | 16.1% | 8.7% | 11% | C− |
| 2,556 | Shiloh OH | 10,526 | $46K | 24.5% | 11.4% | 2% | C− |
| 2,557 | Pottsville PA | 13,170 | $54K | 19.9% | 7.2% | 21% | C− |
| 2,558 | Kenton OH | 7,808 | $56K | 18.6% | 5.7% | 27% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Shiloh, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Shiloh and its neighbors: 30% work next door
The biggest share goes to Dayton (28%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shiloh workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shiloh | – | C− | A− | 20 min | $45,874 |
| Dayton | 28% | C− | A+ | 20 min | $45,247 |
| Fort McKinley | under 3% | C− | A− | 20 min | $45,687 |
| Clayton | under 3% | A− | B− | 21 min | $92,879 |
| Butler Township | 2% | A− | C+ | 25 min | $93,151 |
| Trotwood | under 3% | C− | A | 25 min | $50,113 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Shiloh’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 Shiloh: questions
What is the median household income in Shiloh?
$45,874 (±$6,901) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shiloh?
24.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shiloh?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shiloh work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dayton (28%, 3 mi), Kettering (4%, 9 mi), Moraine (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Shiloh walkable?
Shiloh is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shiloh without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. 32% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shiloh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shiloh
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.