Most of Summerside commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
635 jobs are based in Summerside for 2,320 working residents. The two grades for Summerside are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Hardly any work in Summerside itself; outside it, Cincinnati draws the most (19%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Summerside: the figures worth knowing
Summerside makes and builds things
58% of the jobs based in Summerside are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Summerside residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Summerside pay better than its residents’ jobs
86% of the jobs based in Summerside pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 61% of the jobs Summerside residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Summerside. The jobs ↓
Summerside is a place people come home to
There are 635 jobs based in Summerside, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Summerside has about 3,000 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Summerside has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Summerside went from 468 in 2013 to 635 in 2023, +36%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Summerside’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Summerside is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #699 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Summerside’s grade up (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Summerside could be anywhere from C− to A−.
In Summerside, 58% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Summerside, 2013 → 2023: 468 → 635. 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 Summerside’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Summerside
On a workday 2,307 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 622 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Summerside 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 towns that employ Summerside’s residents
Where Summerside clocks in
19% of workers
7% 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.
Time on the road from Summerside: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Summerside workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,236 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.
How far Summerside goes to work
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.
Few in Summerside walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Summerside is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns, #907 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 2,481 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 9.5% of Summerside households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Summerside’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300, Summerside ranks 2,293rd of 3,798 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 29 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 55 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 61 | Sharon Township OH | 6,117 | $126K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 2,291 | Monroe Township IN | 5,408 | $74K | 10.6% | 4.6% | 24% | C+ |
| 2,292 | Jenner Township PA | 3,570 | $59K | 13.6% | 1.6% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,293 | Summerside OH | 4,662 | $71K | 17.1% | 5.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,294 | Hodgenville KY | 3,378 | $58K | 19.1% | 0.0% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,295 | Dodgeville WI | 5,076 | $72K | 6.3% | 6.6% | 31% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Summerside, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Summerside
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Summerside workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summerside | – | C+ | D | 26 min | $71,241 |
| Mount Carmel | under 2% | B+ | C | 24 min | $70,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Summerside’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 Summerside: questions
What is the median household income in Summerside?
$71,241 (±$14,577) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Summerside?
17.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Summerside?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Summerside work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (19%, 12 mi), Union Township (7%, 1 mi), Blue Ash (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Summerside walkable?
Summerside is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Summerside without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Summerside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Summerside
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.