Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Waverly has 2.2 jobs per working resident, and 3,270 people come in to work
Household incomes here are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns. Waverly has 3,614 jobs, and 1,679 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Waverly is better than 28% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Waverly: the gist
Waverly is where the jobs are
Waverly has 3,614 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 6,000 people are in town, 47% more than the 4,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Waverly has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Waverly went from 2,669 in 2013 to 3,614 in 2023, +35%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Waverly gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Unemployment holds Waverly’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($55,172, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Waverly could be anywhere from D to B.
Waverly fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,335 residents head out to work and 344 work right here.
About 6,000 people are in Waverly on a workday afternoon, 47% more 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.
The kinds of work in Waverly
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waverly, 2013 → 2023: 2,669 → 3,614. 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 Waverly’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Waverly’s workers come from
Where Waverly clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
The trip to work from Waverly: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Waverly workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,424 commuters (the 11% 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.
Waverly’s commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Waverly
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,595 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). 6.6% of Waverly households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Waverly’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,023 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500, Waverly comes 2,983rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,981 | Gregg Township IN | 3,046 | $68K | 16.4% | 8.4% | 2% | C |
| 2,982 | Hayward WI | 3,928 | $67K | 15.9% | 3.2% | 25% | C |
| 2,983 | Waverly OH | 4,107 | $55K | 15.3% | 3.5% | 20% | C |
| 2,984 | Vandalia MO | 3,029 | $50K | 13.9% | 2.0% | 16% | C |
| 2,985 | Malone NY | 5,315 | $61K | 22.2% | 2.3% | 34% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,023 | 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 Waverly, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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 Waverly: questions
What is the median household income in Waverly?
$55,172 (±$12,423) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Waverly?
15.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Waverly?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Waverly work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chillicothe (9%, 15 mi), Columbus (8%, 59 mi), Green Township (5%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Waverly walkable?
Waverly is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Waverly without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Waverly, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waverly
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.