Photo: IanManka · CC BY 3.0Household incomes in Tallmadge top those of 67% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Tallmadge; the top destination outside it is Akron (21%, 5 miles). Poverty touches 5.0% of residents, against 13.3% across Ohio. For jobs and income Tallmadge is better than 80% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Tallmadge: the figures worth knowing
Tallmadge trades workers with the towns around it
Tallmadge has about as many jobs (8,186) as working residents (8,498), but they are mostly different people: 7,779 residents leave for work each day while 7,467 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Tallmadge are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Tallmadge and Akron trade workers both ways
Akron is the top workplace for Tallmadge residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Tallmadge come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Tallmadge’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 25 minutes, longer than the Ohio average of 23. Time on the road ↓
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.
The figures behind Tallmadge’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tallmadge could be anywhere from B to A.
Who works in Tallmadge, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 7,779 residents head out to work, 719 work right here, and 7,467 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Tallmadge commutes to
Where Tallmadge clocks in
21% 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.
About 25 minutes to work from Tallmadge
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tallmadge workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,655 commuters (the 12% 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.
Inside Tallmadge’s 8,186 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tallmadge, 2014 → 2024: 8,237 → 8,186. 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 Tallmadge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Tallmadge
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.
Few in Tallmadge walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% of 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 8,747 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). 3.2% of Tallmadge households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Tallmadge’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tallmadge next to U.S. towns of 13,000 to 25,000: 635th of 1,915 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Powell OH | 18,269 | $195K | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 633 | Westbrook ME | 21,565 | $85K | 8.0% | 2.2% | 16% | A− |
| 634 | Amesbury MA | 17,588 | $104K | 7.1% | 3.6% | 12% | A− |
| 635 | Tallmadge OH | 18,521 | $89K | 5.0% | 4.1% | 8% | A− |
| 636 | Weston WI | 15,931 | $78K | 5.5% | 1.7% | 15% | A− |
| 637 | Ferndale MI | 19,212 | $95K | 9.0% | 3.7% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,915 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Tallmadge, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Bordering towns draw 28% of Tallmadge’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tallmadge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallmadge | – | A− | C+ | 25 min | $89,410 |
| Brimfield Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 26 min | $91,132 |
| Munroe Falls | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 23 min | $81,214 |
| Akron | 21% | C− | A− | 22 min | $48,076 |
| Stow | 4% | A− | B | 24 min | $93,727 |
| Kent | 3% | B | A | 21 min | $42,964 |
| Suffield Township | under 2% | A− | D | 27 min | $81,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Akron. Darker towns draw more of Tallmadge’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 Tallmadge: questions
What is the median household income in Tallmadge?
$89,410 (±$7,316) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tallmadge?
5.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tallmadge?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tallmadge work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Akron (21%, 5 mi), Cuyahoga Falls (6%, 8 mi), Cleveland (5%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Tallmadge walkable?
Tallmadge is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tallmadge without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tallmadge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tallmadge
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.