Photo: Nyttend · Public domainEvansville draws about half of Ohio Township’s working residents
About one in ten work in Ohio Township; the top destination outside it is Evansville (49%, 8 miles). Jobs and income earn Ohio Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C+. Household incomes here are higher than in 71% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Ohio Township apart
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Ohio Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ohio Township is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #110 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 the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ohio Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Where people from Ohio Township work
Where Ohio Township clocks in
49% 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.
Ohio Township by day and by night
On a workday 16,874 residents head out to work, 2,075 work right here, and 6,394 people come in from elsewhere.
About 33,000 people are in Ohio Township on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.45 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.
What the 8,469 jobs in Ohio Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ohio Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,395 → 8,469. 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 Ohio Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Ohio Township: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 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 18,701 commuters (the 11% 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.
Where in the region Ohio Township works
About 15% 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.
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 39% of U.S. towns, #339 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 20,988 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). 2.9% of Ohio Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Ohio Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ohio Township places 354th of 1,011 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 30,000 to 58,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 23 | Zionsville IN | 33,624 | $172K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 9% | A+ |
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| 40 | Perry Township IN | 39,325 | $112K | 3.4% | 1.3% | 16% | A+ |
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| 145 | Brownsburg IN | 34,089 | $102K | 7.5% | 1.6% | 11% | A |
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| 352 | Cypress CA | 48,781 | $130K | 6.6% | 5.4% | 6% | A− |
| 353 | Crystal Lake IL | 42,288 | $108K | 6.8% | 4.2% | 14% | A− |
| 354 | Ohio Township IN | 43,316 | $93K | 6.5% | 2.9% | 11% | A− |
| 355 | Shelton CT | 42,880 | $108K | 6.6% | 4.9% | 15% | A− |
| 356 | North Olmsted OH | 31,542 | $84K | 8.3% | 3.0% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,011 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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.
Work next door: 51% of Ohio Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ohio Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Township | – | A− | C+ | 23 min | $92,550 |
| Campbell Township | under 1% | A | C− | 20 min | $121,719 |
| Anderson Township | 2% | A | D− | 23 min | $97,569 |
| Newburgh | under 1% | A− | B− | 20 min | $75,135 |
| Boon Township | under 1% | B | C+ | 24 min | $78,464 |
| Knight Township | under 1% | C+ | A− | 19 min | $58,227 |
| Evansville | 49% | C | A− | 18 min | $53,387 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Evansville. 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 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 Ohio Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ohio Township?
$92,550 (±$5,642) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ohio Township?
6.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ohio Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ohio Township work?
11% work in town.
Is Ohio Township walkable?
Ohio Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ohio Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% 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), 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.