Photo: Bwsmith84 · CC BY 3.0Adams Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
159 jobs are based in Adams Township, against 624 working residents. Adams Township grades C for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Only 2% stay in Adams Township for work; outside it, Marietta is the main destination (16%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Adams Township, in a few figures
Income, poverty and work: Adams Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Adams Township is better than 25% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Adams Township’s grade up ($79,643, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.2%) is left out: Adams Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Adams Township could be anywhere from D− to B.
Who commutes out of Adams Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 612 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 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.
Where people from Adams Township work
Where Adams Township clocks in
16% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
31% of the jobs in Adams Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Adams Township, 2014 → 2024: 143 → 159. 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.
About 22 minutes to work from Adams Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 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 394 commuters (the 10% 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.
How far Adams Township goes to work
About 23% 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.
For most of Adams Township, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 436 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). 3.7% 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.
3,976th of 6,308: where Adams Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,974 | York Township IN | 1,128 | $76K | 14.3% | 7.0% | 7% | C |
| 3,975 | Fremont NY | 1,147 | $67K | 8.3% | 0.0% | 4% | C |
| 3,976 | Adams Township OH | 1,497 | $80K | 15.9% | 3.2% | 2% | C |
| 3,977 | Covington Township PA | 1,019 | $70K | 9.3% | 5.5% | 4% | C |
| 3,978 | Washington Township PA | 1,760 | $77K | 26.5% | 1.6% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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.
The towns around Adams Township
The biggest share goes to Waterford Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Adams Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Township | – | C | D− | 22 min | $79,643 |
| Muskingum Township | 3% | B− | B− | 21 min | $78,188 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Salem Township | under 2% | D | B− | 29 min | $51,088 |
| Waterford Township | 4% | C | C | 26 min | $58,016 |
| Watertown Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 26 min | $102,986 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson 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?
$79,643 (±$30,535) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Adams Township?
15.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Adams Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Adams Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marietta (16%, 9 mi), Beverly (8%, 6 mi), Warren Township (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Adams Township walkable?
Adams Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Adams Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% 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.