Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Walbridge commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Walbridge is better than 32% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (C+). Employers in Walbridge report 347 jobs for 1,340 working residents. Measured by household income, Walbridge is behind 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Walbridge apart
Walbridge and Toledo trade workers both ways
Toledo is the top workplace for Walbridge residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Walbridge come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Walbridge makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Walbridge are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Walbridge residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Walbridge is a place people come home to
There are 347 jobs based in Walbridge, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Walbridge has about 2,100 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Walbridge residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Few Walbridge workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
Why Walbridge gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car holds Walbridge’s grade up (ahead of 79% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.9%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Walbridge could be anywhere from D to A−.
29% of working residents work in Toledo
Where Walbridge clocks in
29% of workers
8% 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.
Walbridge makes things: 47% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walbridge, 2013 → 2023: 361 → 347. 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 Walbridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Walbridge, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,318 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 325 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Walbridge on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Miles to work from Walbridge
About 17% 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.
About 19 minutes to work from Walbridge
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walbridge workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,461 commuters (the 4% 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.
Walbridge is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% 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 1,526 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). 2.5% of Walbridge households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Walbridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,099th of 4,562: where Walbridge ranks among U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,097 | Buffalo Township IL | 2,617 | $63K | 19.3% | 2.9% | 11% | C |
| 3,098 | Fayette MO | 2,848 | $58K | 16.9% | 2.5% | 25% | C |
| 3,099 | Walbridge OH | 3,076 | $55K | 13.3% | 6.9% | 2% | C |
| 3,100 | Garrettsville OH | 2,450 | $66K | 11.2% | 10.5% | 11% | C |
| 3,101 | Wales Township MI | 3,195 | $90K | 12.0% | 7.5% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | 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 Walbridge, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Walbridge: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Northwood (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Walbridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walbridge | – | C | C+ | 19 min | $55,469 |
| Northwood | 5% | B+ | C− | 20 min | $77,268 |
| Lake Township | 4% | B− | C | 23 min | $72,222 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Walbridge’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 Walbridge: questions
What is the median household income in Walbridge?
$55,469 (±$22,572) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walbridge?
13.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walbridge?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walbridge work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toledo (29%, 7 mi), Perrysburg Township (8%, 6 mi), Northwood (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Walbridge walkable?
Walbridge is more walkable than 41% 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 Walbridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walbridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walbridge
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.