Photo: SalamanderEmergency · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Swanton (1.4%) than in 91% of U.S. towns
For 5% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Ohio. Swanton grades B+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in ten stay in Swanton for work; outside it, Toledo is the main destination (19%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Swanton stands out on work
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Swanton
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Swanton is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #421 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Swanton’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($68,299, 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, Swanton could be anywhere from B− to A.
Out of Swanton to work: where people go
Where Swanton clocks in
19% 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 many people are in Swanton by day
On a workday 1,604 residents head out to work, 160 work right here, and 1,166 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Swanton on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 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.
The 1,326 jobs based in Swanton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Swanton, 2013 → 2023: 1,312 → 1,326. 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 Swanton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Swanton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Swanton workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,783 commuters (the 5% 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.
The commute from Swanton, by distance
About 16% 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.
In Swanton, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Swanton is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #192 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 7.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,885 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). 1.4% of Swanton households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Swanton’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Swanton is 1,420th of 4,264 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,418 | Baker Township KS | 3,483 | $99K | 6.8% | 3.9% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,419 | Peshtigo WI | 4,087 | $81K | 5.0% | 2.2% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,420 | Swanton OH | 3,866 | $68K | 10.4% | 1.4% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,421 | West York PA | 5,110 | $81K | 12.0% | 3.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,422 | Springdale PA | 3,234 | $66K | 3.9% | 5.2% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | 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 Swanton, 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 Swanton: questions
What is the median household income in Swanton?
$68,299 (±$11,107) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Swanton?
10.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Swanton?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Swanton work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toledo (19%, 17 mi), Maumee (7%, 11 mi), Springfield Township (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Swanton walkable?
Swanton is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Swanton without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Swanton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Swanton
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.