Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Willard trail those of 83% of U.S. towns
2% of workers have no commute at all (Ohio 13%). 18.5% of residents live below the poverty line; Ohio has 13.3%. Willard grades C 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
What the numbers say about work in Willard
Willard makes and builds things
57% of the jobs based in Willard are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Willard residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 41%. The jobs ↓
Few Willard workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Willard’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Willard is better than 32% of U.S. towns, #798 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Willard’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($53,542, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Willard could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Making and building: 57% of jobs based in Willard
3,429 jobs are based in Willard.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Willard, 2013 → 2023: 3,723 → 3,429. 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 Willard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Willard spends getting to work: 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 Willard workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,571 commuters (the 2% 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.
Willard fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,846 residents head out to work, 660 work right here, and 2,769 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,100 people are in Willard on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 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.
9% of working residents work in New Haven Township
Where Willard clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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 distance from Willard to work
About 22% 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.
Most of Willard commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Willard is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #195 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 7.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,623 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). 7.5% of Willard households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Willard’s commuters take a bus or train.
Willard places 2,437th of 3,370 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,300 to 8,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 27 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
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| 2,435 | Greene Township PA | 4,428 | $86K | 17.9% | 7.0% | 6% | C |
| 2,436 | Edinburgh IN | 4,575 | $61K | 11.3% | 8.4% | 18% | C |
| 2,437 | Willard OH | 6,130 | $54K | 18.5% | 2.6% | 26% | C |
| 2,438 | Fountain Hill PA | 4,835 | $64K | 18.6% | 7.4% | 5% | C |
| 2,439 | Timber Pines FL | 5,007 | $59K | 11.5% | 7.4% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,370 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Willard, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
11% of Willard works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to New Haven Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Willard workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willard | – | C | B+ | 22 min | $53,542 |
| New Haven Township | 9% | C+ | B | 19 min | $69,609 |
| Richmond Township | 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Greenfield Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 21 min | $82,303 |
| Norwich Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 32 min | $105,583 |
Same-state neighbors only. Richmond Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Willard’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 Willard: questions
What is the median household income in Willard?
$53,542 (±$6,228) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Willard?
18.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Willard?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Willard work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Haven Township (9%, 3 mi), Norwalk (6%, 15 mi), Shelby (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Willard walkable?
Willard is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Willard without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Willard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Willard
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.