Photo: Public domain · Public domainAt 5.3%, unemployment in Wapakoneta is higher than in 65% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes (Ohio 23, U.S. 26). The two grades for Wapakoneta are C+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in five work in Wapakoneta; the top destination outside it is Lima (8%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wapakoneta and work: the main findings
How Wapakoneta earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wapakoneta is better than 37% of U.S. towns, #758 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Wapakoneta’s grade up (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wapakoneta could be anywhere from C− to B.
The daily flow of workers through Wapakoneta
On a workday 3,592 residents head out to work, 919 work right here, and 3,405 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Wapakoneta’s residents
Where Wapakoneta clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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 4,324 jobs based in Wapakoneta
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wapakoneta, 2013 → 2023: 4,299 → 4,324. 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 Wapakoneta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 19 minutes each way for Wapakoneta’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wapakoneta workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,324 commuters (the 7% 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 Wapakoneta to work
About 18% 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.
Wapakoneta is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wapakoneta is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #208 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.7% 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 4,664 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). 5.2% of Wapakoneta households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wapakoneta’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,780 U.S. towns of 6,800 to 13,100, Wapakoneta comes 1,993rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 5 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 10 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 18 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,991 | Geneva Township OH | 10,061 | $59K | 16.4% | 3.1% | 19% | C+ |
| 1,992 | Crestline CA | 9,835 | $78K | 11.3% | 7.0% | 9% | C+ |
| 1,993 | Wapakoneta OH | 9,711 | $66K | 11.8% | 5.3% | 20% | C+ |
| 1,994 | Richfield UT | 8,478 | $75K | 12.5% | 3.7% | 40% | C+ |
| 1,995 | Pukalani HI | 8,679 | $103K | 10.6% | 9.7% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,780 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Wapakoneta, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Wapakoneta
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wapakoneta workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wapakoneta | – | C+ | B+ | 19 min | $65,570 |
| Duchouquet Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 20 min | $68,659 |
| Pusheta Township | under 2% | B− | D | 19 min | $86,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wapakoneta’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 Wapakoneta: questions
What is the median household income in Wapakoneta?
$65,570 (±$6,896) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wapakoneta?
11.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wapakoneta?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wapakoneta work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lima (8%, 13 mi), St. Marys (6%, 11 mi), Sidney (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wapakoneta walkable?
Wapakoneta is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wapakoneta without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wapakoneta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wapakoneta
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.