Photo: R.P. Piper from Lebanon, Ohio, USA · CC BY 2.0Adams Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Adams Township has 509 jobs; 1,534 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Adams Township is better than 52% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (D). Only 6% work in Adams Township; the top destination outside it is Greenville (13%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Adams Township
Adams Township makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Adams Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Adams Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 36%. The jobs ↓
Adams Township empties out on a workday
About 2,300 people are in Adams Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than the 3,300 who live here: 1,400 head out to work and 420 come in. Day and night ↓
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 Adams Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Unemployment holds Adams Township’s grade up (1.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.6%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Adams Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
A place that makes things: 47% of Adams Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Adams Township, 2014 → 2024: 482 → 509. 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 Adams Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Adams Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,446 residents head out to work, 88 work right here, and 421 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Adams Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Adams Township to work: where people go
Where Adams Township clocks in
13% of workers
10% of workers
6% 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.
From Adams Township, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Adams Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,272 commuters (the 11% 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.
Half of Adams Township commutes less than 16 miles
About 16% 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.
The commute in Adams Township is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,427 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). 4.6% of Adams Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Adams Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Adams Township ranks: 2,205th of 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 41 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 46 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 50 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 2,203 | Voluntown CT | 2,653 | $102K | 7.3% | 5.7% | 8% | B− |
| 2,204 | Holland NY | 3,254 | $66K | 6.6% | 4.2% | 13% | B− |
| 2,205 | Adams Township OH | 3,319 | $69K | 13.6% | 1.9% | 6% | B− |
| 2,206 | Anahola HI | 3,067 | $101K | 10.4% | 3.0% | 2% | B− |
| 2,207 | Two Harbors MN | 3,443 | $66K | 11.7% | 0.3% | 31% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | 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 Adams Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Adams Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Greenville Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Adams Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Township | – | B− | D | 23 min | $69,327 |
| Greenville Township | 4% | C+ | B | 18 min | $51,551 |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 21 min | $85,735 |
| Newberry Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 26 min | $71,641 |
| Van Buren Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 33 min | $76,071 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 29 min | $57,292 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Richland Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Adams 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 Adams Township: questions
What is the median household income in Adams Township?
$69,327 (±$8,187) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Adams Township?
13.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Adams Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Adams Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (13%, 7 mi), Troy (10%, 16 mi), Versailles (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Adams Township walkable?
Adams Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Adams 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 Adams Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Adams 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.