Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Ohio Township
For 3% of workers, the job is at home, where Indiana as a whole has 11%. The two grades for Ohio Township are B for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in seven work in Ohio Township; the top destination outside it is Evansville (17%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Ohio Township stands out on work
Ohio Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Ohio Township is Evansville, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (372) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Ohio Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Ohio Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ohio Township is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #263 of 593 in Indiana. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Ohio Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ohio Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
The distance from Ohio Township to work
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 24 minutes to work from Ohio Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ohio Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,334 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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 flow of workers through Ohio Township
On a workday 1,822 residents head out to work, 346 work right here, and 1,293 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,400 people are in Ohio Township on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Ohio Township goes to work
Where Ohio Township clocks in
17% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Ohio Township: what the 1,639 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ohio Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,819 → 1,639. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ohio Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Ohio Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ohio Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #213 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Ohio Township 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 2,411 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). 5.1% of Ohio Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ohio Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ohio Township is 1,751st of 3,840 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | 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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| 96 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 144 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,749 | Tolono Township IL | 6,256 | $91K | 5.5% | 6.7% | 5% | B |
| 1,750 | Posey Township IN | 4,005 | $94K | 10.6% | 3.1% | 3% | B |
| 1,751 | Ohio Township IN | 4,886 | $76K | 7.9% | 3.9% | 16% | B |
| 1,752 | Daytona Beach Shores FL | 5,187 | $74K | 5.7% | 5.1% | 6% | B |
| 1,753 | Yellow Springs OH | 3,730 | $86K | 8.4% | 6.0% | 22% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,840 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Ohio Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door is work for 22% of Ohio Township
The biggest share goes to Rockport (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ohio Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Township | – | B | B | 24 min | $76,125 |
| Luce Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 23 min | $62,241 |
| Rockport | 10% | C− | A− | 24 min | $48,889 |
| Grass Township | 3% | C | D− | 28 min | $54,549 |
| Hammond Township | under 3% | A− | C | 29 min | $83,565 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ohio 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 2024, 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 Ohio Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ohio Township?
$76,125 (±$17,109) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ohio Township?
7.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ohio Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ohio Township work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (17%, 25 mi), Rockport (10%, 3 mi), Owensboro (9%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Ohio Township walkable?
Ohio Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ohio Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ohio Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ohio Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.