Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Wakeman Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
212 jobs are based in Wakeman Township for 1,177 working residents. Wakeman Township grades B for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. For 5% of workers, the job is at home, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Wakeman Township apart on work
Why Wakeman Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wakeman Township is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #464 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Wakeman Township’s grade up (2.4%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.1%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wakeman Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Wakeman Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,154 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 189 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Wakeman Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
16% of working residents work in Norwalk
Where Wakeman Township clocks in
16% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Wakeman Township: what the 212 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wakeman Township, 2013 → 2023: 202 → 212. 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 Wakeman Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes to work from Wakeman Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wakeman Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,129 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 distance from Wakeman Township to work
About 15% 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 Wakeman Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wakeman Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #579 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,185 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 Wakeman Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wakeman Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Wakeman Township is 1,571st of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,569 | Westhampton Beach NY | 2,273 | $141K | 10.8% | 5.8% | 12% | B |
| 1,570 | Wind Gap PA | 3,630 | $71K | 5.8% | 4.6% | 4% | B |
| 1,571 | Wakeman Township OH | 2,806 | $82K | 11.1% | 2.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,572 | North Centre Township PA | 2,139 | $77K | 5.3% | 3.6% | 1% | B |
| 1,573 | Verona Walk FL | 2,695 | $66K | 1.1% | 2.8% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Wakeman Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Wakeman Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Townsend Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wakeman Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakeman Township | – | B | C+ | 27 min | $81,875 |
| Clarksfield Township | under 2% | C | D− | 29 min | $72,917 |
| Camden Township | under 2% | B | D | 30 min | $60,156 |
| Florence Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 41 min | $111,048 |
| Townsend Township | 3% | B | C | 28 min | $72,424 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wakeman Township’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 Wakeman Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wakeman Township?
$81,875 (±$17,512) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wakeman Township?
11.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wakeman Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wakeman Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Norwalk (16%, 12 mi), Elyria (5%, 17 mi), Perkins Township (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wakeman Township walkable?
Wakeman Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wakeman Township without a car?
0% 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 Wakeman Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wakeman Township
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.