A job hub: Stony Prairie has 2.6 jobs per working resident, and 1,324 people come in to work
0% of workers work from home; Ohio has 13%. Employers in Stony Prairie report 1,362 jobs; 522 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Stony Prairie are C− for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Stony Prairie
Stony Prairie makes and builds things
82% of the jobs based in Stony Prairie are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Stony Prairie residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 35%. The jobs ↓
Stony Prairie is where the jobs are
Stony Prairie has 1,362 jobs, 2.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,500 people are in town, 49% more than the 1,700 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stony Prairie and Fremont trade workers both ways
Fremont is the top workplace for Stony Prairie residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Stony Prairie come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 522 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Stony Prairie
On income, poverty and job access, Stony Prairie is better than 21% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Stony Prairie’s grade up (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (43.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (4.6%) is left out: Stony Prairie’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Stony Prairie could be anywhere from D to C+.
Goods, not services: 82% of the jobs in Stony Prairie
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stony Prairie, 2014 → 2024: 1,082 → 1,362. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stony Prairie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Stony Prairie by day
On a workday 484 residents head out to work and 38 work right here.
About 2,500 people are in Stony Prairie on a workday afternoon, 49% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Stony Prairie, and from where
Where Stony Prairie clocks in
26% of workers
7% 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.
How long Stony Prairie spends getting to work: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stony Prairie workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 691 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.
Stony Prairie’s commute, mile by mile
About 26% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Stony Prairie, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stony Prairie is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Stony Prairie 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 691 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). 3.9% of Stony Prairie households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stony Prairie’s commuters take a bus or train.
Stony Prairie next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300: 4,003rd of 5,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
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| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
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| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 4,001 | Chateaugay NY | 1,727 | $84K | 17.0% | 2.8% | 11% | C− |
| 4,002 | Franklin Township OH | 1,739 | $79K | 16.2% | 5.9% | 1% | C− |
| 4,003 | Stony Prairie OH | 1,701 | $60K | 43.9% | 4.6% | 7% | C− |
| 4,004 | Williamsport IN | 1,954 | $66K | 15.0% | 1.9% | 13% | C− |
| 4,005 | Lawton MI | 1,861 | $53K | 19.3% | 7.9% | 10% | C− |
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| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Stony Prairie, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 26% of Stony Prairie
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stony Prairie workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Prairie | – | C− | A− | 18 min | $60,347 |
| Fremont | 26% | C− | A− | 19 min | $47,024 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fremont. Darker towns draw more of Stony Prairie’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 2024, 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 Stony Prairie: questions
What is the median household income in Stony Prairie?
$60,347 (±$24,778) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stony Prairie?
43.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stony Prairie?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stony Prairie work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fremont (26%, 2 mi), Clyde (7%, 9 mi), Toledo (4%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Stony Prairie walkable?
Stony Prairie is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stony Prairie 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 Stony Prairie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stony Prairie
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.