Photo: Nyttend · Public domainSt. Henry has some of the lowest unemployment in the country, with hardly anyone out of work
Measured by household income, St. Henry is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns. The two grades for St. Henry are A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: St. Henry in brief
St. Henry makes and builds things
64% of the jobs based in St. Henry are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs St. Henry residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 40%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from St. Henry are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. Time on the road ↓
Few St. Henry workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Inside St. Henry’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, St. Henry is better than 91% of U.S. towns, #115 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds St. Henry’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Henry could be anywhere from A− to A.
64% of the jobs in St. Henry make or build things
1,780 jobs are based in St. Henry.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Henry, 2013 → 2023: 2,067 → 1,780. 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 St. Henry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes to work from St. Henry
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Henry workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,375 commuters (the 3% 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 a workday changes St. Henry
On a workday 1,122 residents head out to work, 207 work right here, and 1,573 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in St. Henry on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 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.
9% of working residents work in Coldwater
Where St. Henry clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
How far St. Henry’s workers travel
About 19% 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 St. Henry, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Henry is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #473 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place St. Henry near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,414 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 St. Henry households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of St. Henry’s commuters take a bus or train.
338th of 5,083: where St. Henry ranks among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 336 | Lake Cassidy WA | 3,292 | $113K | 4.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A |
| 337 | Monmouth Beach NJ | 3,226 | $150K | 0.2% | 4.7% | 6% | A |
| 338 | St. Henry OH | 2,624 | $116K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 16% | A |
| 339 | Pleasant Ridge MI | 2,592 | $171K | 2.5% | 5.7% | 2% | A |
| 340 | Eagle Township MI | 2,802 | $92K | 3.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | 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 St. Henry, 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 St. Henry: questions
What is the median household income in St. Henry?
$115,653 (±$9,423) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Henry?
2.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Henry?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Henry work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coldwater (9%, 4 mi), Maria Stein (6%, 8 mi), Celina (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Henry walkable?
St. Henry is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Henry 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 St. Henry, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Henry
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.