Photo: Wendy Soucie from Cleveland OH, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Suffield Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Suffield Township A−; getting around on foot earns it D. There are 784 jobs in Suffield Township, against 2,945 working residents. Only 3% work in Suffield Township; the top destination outside it is Akron (20%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Suffield Township, in brief
Suffield Township and Akron trade workers both ways
Akron is the top workplace for Suffield Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Suffield Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Suffield Township makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Suffield Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Suffield Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Suffield Township is a place people come home to
There are 784 jobs based in Suffield Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Suffield Township has about 3,900 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
The figures behind Suffield Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Suffield Township is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #241 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.8%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($81,250, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Suffield Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Out of Suffield Township to work: where people go
Where Suffield Township clocks in
20% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
A place that makes things: 42% of Suffield Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Suffield Township, 2013 → 2023: 893 → 784. 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 Suffield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Suffield Township
On a workday 2,844 residents head out to work, 101 work right here, and 683 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Suffield Township on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Suffield Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Suffield Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,302 commuters (the 16% 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 Suffield Township’s workers travel
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.
In Suffield Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Suffield Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns, #855 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Suffield Township 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 2,753 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). 10.3% of Suffield Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Suffield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Suffield Township is 707th of 3,394 U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 27 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 705 | Thomaston CT | 7,572 | $103K | 2.3% | 5.6% | 10% | A− |
| 706 | Arundel ME | 4,596 | $102K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 9% | A− |
| 707 | Suffield Township OH | 6,016 | $81K | 4.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A− |
| 708 | Marion NY | 4,515 | $80K | 5.2% | 1.5% | 8% | A− |
| 709 | Union Vale NY | 4,590 | $103K | 7.7% | 1.1% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,394 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Suffield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Suffield Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Suffield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffield Township | – | A− | D | 27 min | $81,250 |
| Mogadore | 2% | A− | B− | 22 min | $82,557 |
| Brimfield Township | 2% | A− | B− | 26 min | $91,132 |
| Randolph Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 24 min | $64,964 |
| Springfield Township | 2% | B− | C | 24 min | $66,282 |
| Tallmadge | 3% | A− | C+ | 25 min | $89,410 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Tallmadge. Darker towns draw more of Suffield 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 Suffield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Suffield Township?
$81,250 (±$17,526) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Suffield Township?
4.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Suffield Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Suffield Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Akron (20%, 10 mi), Cleveland (4%, 36 mi), Tallmadge (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Suffield Township walkable?
Suffield Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Suffield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Suffield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Suffield 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.