Photo: Jack Pearce from Boardman, OH, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Warren trail those of 97% of U.S. towns
About one in five stay in Warren for work; outside it, Youngstown is the main destination (6%, 13 miles). 31.9% of residents are in poverty, where Ohio as a whole has 13.3%. The two grades for Warren are D for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Warren in brief
Warren trades workers with the towns around it
Warren has about as many jobs (12,259) as working residents (13,062), but they are mostly different people: 10,700 residents leave for work each day while 9,897 people come in. Only 19% of the jobs in Warren are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Warren’s commute
The biggest draw, Youngstown, gets only 6% of working residents, and 51% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Warren residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Warren than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Warren fell from 18,099 in 2013 to 12,259 in 2023, −32%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Fewer than half of Warren workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Warren’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 19% earn $1,250 a month or less. 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.
What’s behind Warren’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Warren is better than 12% of U.S. towns, #949 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Warren’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($37,887, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Warren could be anywhere from D to C−.
The daily flow of workers through Warren
On a workday 10,700 residents head out to work, 2,362 work right here, and 9,897 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 (0.94 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 Warren commutes to
Where Warren clocks in
6% of workers
5% 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.
What work there is in Warren: 12,259 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warren, 2013 → 2023: 18,099 → 12,259. 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 Warren’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Warren takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warren workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,339 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Warren
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 Warren, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Warren is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #283 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,064 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). 12.8% of Warren households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Warren’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Warren sits among U.S. towns of 27,000 to 52,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Genoa Township OH | 27,720 | $177K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,086 | Lima OH | 34,695 | $46K | 23.9% | 8.5% | 27% | D |
| 1,087 | Parkersburg WV | 28,593 | $49K | 22.5% | 7.9% | 36% | D |
| 1,088 | Warren OH | 38,328 | $38K | 31.9% | 9.4% | 18% | D |
| 1,089 | Harrison Township IN | 49,277 | $41K | 26.1% | 7.4% | 38% | D |
| 1,090 | Binghamton NY | 46,418 | $46K | 32.6% | 10.2% | 29% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 1,113 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Warren, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work next door: 13% of Warren’s workers
The biggest share goes to Niles (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warren workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren | – | D | B | 23 min | $37,887 |
| Howland Township | 2% | B | C | 20 min | $73,361 |
| Warren Township | under 2% | C | C | 24 min | $47,174 |
| Morgandale | 4% | — | C+ | 14 min | — |
| Leavittsburg | under 2% | C+ | D | 22 min | $54,167 |
| Howland Center | 2% | B+ | C+ | 20 min | $86,135 |
| Bolindale | under 2% | C | C− | 20 min | $45,833 |
| Niles | 5% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $50,953 |
| Champion Township | under 2% | B− | C | 31 min | $69,626 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Warren’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 Warren: questions
What is the median household income in Warren?
$37,887 (±$4,742) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warren?
31.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warren?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warren work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Youngstown (6%, 13 mi), Niles (5%, 5 mi), Lordstown (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warren walkable?
Warren is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warren without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warren, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warren
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.