Weathersfield Township has lower household incomes than 85% of U.S. towns
4% of workers work from home (Ohio 13%). 14.8% of residents live below the poverty line (Ohio 13.3%). For jobs and income Weathersfield Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Weathersfield Township and work: the main findings
Where Weathersfield Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Weathersfield Township’s grade up (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($51,927, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Weathersfield Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
The trip to work from Weathersfield Township: 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 Weathersfield Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,249 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.
The daily commute in and out of Weathersfield Township
On a workday 8,608 residents head out to work, 1,252 work right here, and 5,589 people come in from elsewhere.
About 21,000 people are in Weathersfield Township on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Niles
Where Weathersfield Township clocks in
13% of workers
8% 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.
Goods jobs make up 33% of work in Weathersfield Township
6,841 jobs are based in Weathersfield Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weathersfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,962 → 6,841. 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 Weathersfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Weathersfield Township
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.
Few in Weathersfield Township walk, bike or ride to work
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 10,648 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). 9.3% of Weathersfield Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Weathersfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Weathersfield Township next to U.S. towns of 17,000 to 33,000: 1,306th of 1,642 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| 4 | Powell OH | 18,269 | $195K | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Genoa Township OH | 27,720 | $177K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,304 | Zion IL | 24,447 | $63K | 16.0% | 6.7% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,305 | Loves Park IL | 23,712 | $62K | 14.4% | 6.3% | 12% | C+ |
| 1,306 | Weathersfield Township OH | 24,277 | $52K | 14.8% | 4.8% | 13% | C+ |
| 1,307 | Terrell TX | 23,921 | $66K | 15.9% | 7.6% | 18% | C+ |
| 1,308 | Liberty Township OH | 21,208 | $57K | 18.6% | 4.7% | 11% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,642 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Weathersfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work next door: 20% of Weathersfield Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Niles (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Weathersfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weathersfield Township | – | C+ | C+ | 22 min | $51,927 |
| McDonald | under 2% | A− | C | 25 min | $81,855 |
| Liberty Township | 2% | C+ | B− | 20 min | $57,269 |
| Girard | under 2% | C | B+ | 18 min | $52,550 |
| Niles | 13% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $50,953 |
| Howland Township | 2% | B | C | 20 min | $73,361 |
| Lordstown | 3% | B+ | D− | 24 min | $66,411 |
| Austintown Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 22 min | $56,628 |
| Warren Township | under 2% | C | C | 24 min | $47,174 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Weathersfield 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 Weathersfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Weathersfield Township?
$51,927 (±$3,613) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weathersfield Township?
14.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weathersfield Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weathersfield Township work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Niles (13%, 1 mi), Warren (8%, 6 mi), Youngstown (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Weathersfield Township walkable?
Weathersfield Township is more walkable than 42% 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 Weathersfield Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Weathersfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weathersfield 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.