Photo: Rickofwood · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Wadsworth (2.9%) than in 71% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Wadsworth; the top destination outside it is Akron (13%, 12 miles). Wadsworth grades A− for jobs and income and B for walkability. The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Wadsworth stands out on work
Where Wadsworth’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wadsworth is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #325 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 80% of U.S. towns); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($79,490, U.S. $80,734). 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, Wadsworth could be anywhere from B to A.
What the 9,047 jobs in Wadsworth are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wadsworth, 2013 → 2023: 8,445 → 9,047. 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 Wadsworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Wadsworth on a workday afternoon
On a workday 10,248 residents head out to work, 1,588 work right here, and 7,459 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22,000 people are in Wadsworth on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 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 places Wadsworth commutes to
Where Wadsworth clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
The daily trip from Wadsworth: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wadsworth workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,885 commuters (the 16% 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 many miles Wadsworth commutes
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.
Wadsworth is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wadsworth is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #353 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Wadsworth near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,006 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). 6.8% of Wadsworth households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Wadsworth’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Wadsworth is 686th of 1,642 U.S. towns of 17,000 to 33,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| 4 | Powell OH | 18,269 | $195K | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Genoa Township OH | 27,720 | $177K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 684 | East Windsor Township NJ | 30,562 | $105K | 7.8% | 5.2% | 6% | A− |
| 685 | Greene Township PA | 18,721 | $88K | 6.2% | 2.2% | 8% | A− |
| 686 | Wadsworth OH | 24,720 | $79K | 8.1% | 2.9% | 13% | A− |
| 687 | Centerville OH | 25,194 | $85K | 8.6% | 3.4% | 8% | A− |
| 688 | Oxon Hill MD | 17,893 | $93K | 6.2% | 5.9% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,642 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Wadsworth, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Wadsworth
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wadsworth workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wadsworth | – | A− | B | 24 min | $79,490 |
| Wadsworth Township | under 2% | A+ | D | 20 min | $106,800 |
| Sharon Township | under 2% | A+ | D | 23 min | $125,886 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wadsworth’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 Wadsworth: questions
What is the median household income in Wadsworth?
$79,490 (±$6,815) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wadsworth?
8.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wadsworth?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wadsworth work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Akron (13%, 12 mi), Cleveland (10%, 31 mi), Medina (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wadsworth walkable?
Wadsworth is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wadsworth without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wadsworth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wadsworth
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.