Photo: Larry Pieniazek, Lar (commons) or User:Lar (primary) · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Wellington (2.1%) than in 83% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Wellington itself; outside it, Cleveland draws the most (11%, 36 miles). Wellington grades B for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 6% of workers work from home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Wellington stands out on work
Wellington trades workers with the towns around it
Wellington has about as many jobs (2,070) as working residents (2,157), but they are mostly different people: 1,829 residents leave for work each day while 1,742 people come in. Only 16% of the jobs in Wellington are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Wellington’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Wellington is Cleveland, 36 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (245) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Wellington makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Wellington are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Wellington residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. 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.
The figures behind Wellington’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wellington is better than 56% of U.S. towns, #556 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Wellington’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($61,578, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wellington could be anywhere from C to A−.
The daily flow of workers through Wellington
On a workday 1,829 residents head out to work, 328 work right here, and 1,742 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.
How many miles Wellington commutes
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.
Factories, building and farms: 42% of the jobs in Wellington
2,070 jobs are based in Wellington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wellington, 2013 → 2023: 2,149 → 2,070. 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 Wellington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Wellington to work: where people go
Where Wellington clocks in
11% of workers
5% 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 daily trip from Wellington: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wellington workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,073 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.
Few in Wellington walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wellington is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #381 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Wellington near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,199 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 Wellington households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wellington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Wellington is 1,786th among 3,753 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500
| # | 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 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 28 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Sharon Township OH | 6,117 | $126K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,784 | Stonelick Township OH | 6,067 | $71K | 15.4% | 2.7% | 4% | B |
| 1,785 | Walthourville GA | 4,003 | $74K | 10.4% | 1.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,786 | Wellington OH | 4,802 | $62K | 11.6% | 2.1% | 15% | B |
| 1,787 | Delaware Township IN | 3,500 | $74K | 9.3% | 2.7% | 8% | B |
| 1,788 | Richland Township IN | 5,232 | $64K | 3.0% | 5.3% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | 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 Wellington, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Wellington
The biggest share goes to Wellington Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wellington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington | – | B | B− | 27 min | $61,578 |
| Wellington Township | 2% | B+ | B− | 29 min | $71,298 |
| Huntington Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 36 min | $103,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wellington’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 Wellington: questions
What is the median household income in Wellington?
$61,578 (±$10,023) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wellington?
11.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wellington?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wellington work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (11%, 36 mi), Elyria (5%, 17 mi), Oberlin (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wellington walkable?
Wellington is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wellington without a car?
0% 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 Wellington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wellington
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.