Photo: Kreuzfeld · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 1.9 jobs in Sugarcreek for every working resident, and 1,996 people commute in
For jobs and income Sugarcreek is better than 68% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (A−). 2,160 jobs are based in Sugarcreek; 1,132 of its residents have a job. About one in seven stay in Sugarcreek for work; outside it, Walnut Creek Township is the main destination (10%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Sugarcreek: the gist
Sugarcreek is where the jobs are
Sugarcreek has 2,160 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,400 people are in town, 44% more than the 2,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
Sugarcreek makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Sugarcreek are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Sugarcreek residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 41%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Sugarcreek are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Sugarcreek residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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.
Where Sugarcreek’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Sugarcreek’s grade up (1.4%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($72,222, 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, Sugarcreek could be anywhere from B− to A.
Who leaves Sugarcreek for work, and who comes in
On a workday 968 residents head out to work and 164 work right here.
About 3,400 people are in Sugarcreek on a workday afternoon, 44% more than live here.
1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
A place that makes things: 48% of Sugarcreek’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sugarcreek, 2014 → 2024: 1,853 → 2,160. 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 Sugarcreek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Sugarcreek: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sugarcreek workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,229 commuters (the 7% 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.
Where in the region Sugarcreek works
About 15% 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.
Who travels to work in Sugarcreek, and from where
Where Sugarcreek clocks in
10% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Sugarcreek is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 8.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,320 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). 10.7% of Sugarcreek households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sugarcreek’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,200, Sugarcreek ranks 1,399th of 5,552 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,397 | Fairchild AFB WA | 2,931 | $70K | 3.3% | 11.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,398 | Lima NY | 2,115 | $69K | 6.0% | 5.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,399 | Sugarcreek OH | 2,334 | $72K | 1.4% | 4.4% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,400 | Sheridan NY | 2,501 | $87K | 7.5% | 1.3% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,401 | Hopewell Township PA | 2,559 | $76K | 6.2% | 2.2% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,552 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Sugarcreek, 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 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 Sugarcreek: questions
What is the median household income in Sugarcreek?
$72,222 (±$7,944) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sugarcreek?
1.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sugarcreek?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sugarcreek work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Walnut Creek Township (10%, 5 mi), Baltic (6%, 5 mi), Clark Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Sugarcreek walkable?
Sugarcreek is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sugarcreek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sugarcreek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sugarcreek
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.