Household incomes in Wetherington top those of 97% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 30% of workers, against 13% across Ohio. Poverty touches 8.2% of residents; Ohio has 13.3%. Wetherington grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Wetherington stands out on work
Wetherington is where the jobs are
Wetherington has 1,157 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,600 people are in town, 42% more than the 1,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Wetherington has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Wetherington went from 583 in 2013 to 1,157 in 2023, +98%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Wetherington
30% of Wetherington workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
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; with 674 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Wetherington
On income, poverty and job access, Wetherington is better than 93% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($167,625, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Wetherington’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Wetherington could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Who works in Wetherington, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 666 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 1,149 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Wetherington on a workday afternoon, 42% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The 1,157 jobs based in Wetherington
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wetherington, 2013 → 2023: 583 → 1,157. 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 Wetherington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Wetherington takes 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 Wetherington workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 342 commuters (the 30% 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 trip into Wetherington
Where Wetherington clocks in
15% of workers
13% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Wetherington
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.
Driving is how Wetherington gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wetherington is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 491 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Wetherington households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wetherington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wetherington places 117th of 3,771 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Boston Heights OH | 1,408 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 115 | Webster Township OH | 1,255 | $105K | 0.9% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| 116 | Ransom Canyon TX | 1,172 | $114K | 2.9% | 2.5% | <1% | A |
| 117 | Wetherington OH | 1,138 | $168K | 8.2% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 118 | Machias WA | 1,276 | $152K | 5.1% | 5.7% | 1% | A |
| 119 | St. Jacob IL | 1,371 | $112K | 3.0% | 2.4% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Wetherington, 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 Wetherington: questions
What is the median household income in Wetherington?
$167,625 (±$26,224) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wetherington?
8.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wetherington?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wetherington work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (15%, 17 mi), West Chester Township (13%, 3 mi), Fairfield (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wetherington walkable?
Wetherington is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wetherington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wetherington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wetherington
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.