Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Toronto earn less than those in 80% of U.S. towns
Toronto grades C for jobs and income and B for walkability. 15.2% of residents are in poverty (Ohio 13.3%). About one in five work in Toronto itself; outside it, Steubenville draws the most (17%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Toronto in brief
Toronto makes and builds things
67% of the jobs based in Toronto are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Toronto residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
Toronto trades workers with the towns around it
Toronto has about as many jobs (1,763) as working residents (2,015), but they are mostly different people: 1,620 residents leave for work each day while 1,368 people come in. Only 22% of the jobs in Toronto are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
The quickest commute around
Toronto’s 20-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 23 to 25 minutes. Next door ↓
The jobs in Toronto pay better than its residents’ jobs
70% of the jobs based in Toronto pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 52% of the jobs Toronto residents hold. 78% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Toronto. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Toronto’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Toronto is better than 33% of U.S. towns, #791 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Toronto’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($55,972, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Toronto could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Toronto works in goods: 67% of its jobs
1,763 jobs are based in Toronto.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Toronto, 2013 → 2023: 1,602 → 1,763. 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 Toronto’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Toronto
On a workday 1,620 residents head out to work, 395 work right here, and 1,368 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 (0.87 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.
Where people from Toronto work
Where Toronto clocks in
17% 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.
From Toronto, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Toronto workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,291 commuters (the 6% 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 Toronto works
About 21% 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 Toronto, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Toronto is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #253 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.1% 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 2,430 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). 12.3% of Toronto households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Toronto’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,600 to 7,000, Toronto ranks 2,605th of 3,696 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 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 34 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,603 | Hinton OK | 4,975 | $65K | 18.9% | 2.0% | 23% | C |
| 2,604 | Madison SD | 6,065 | $66K | 9.5% | 4.4% | 48% | C |
| 2,605 | Toronto OH | 5,149 | $56K | 15.2% | 2.9% | 20% | C |
| 2,606 | Monongahela PA | 4,041 | $60K | 12.3% | 6.9% | 6% | C |
| 2,607 | Lyons NY | 5,555 | $75K | 14.3% | 5.2% | 15% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,696 | 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 Toronto, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 10% of Toronto
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Toronto workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | – | C | B | 20 min | $55,972 |
| Knox Township | under 1% | C− | C | 23 min | $50,132 |
| Island Creek Township | under 1% | C+ | B− | 25 min | $67,805 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Weirton. Darker towns draw more of Toronto’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 Toronto: questions
What is the median household income in Toronto?
$55,972 (±$12,470) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Toronto?
15.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Toronto?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Toronto work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Steubenville (17%, 7 mi), Weirton (10%, 4 mi), Wintersville (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Toronto walkable?
Toronto is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Toronto without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Toronto, from the people who make the trip.
More of Toronto
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.