Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAddison Township’s household incomes are lower than in 66% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 11.7% of residents (Ohio 13.3%). For jobs and income Addison Township is better than 19% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (C+). 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Addison Township, in brief
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Addison Township
The poverty rate holds Addison Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.2%) is left out: Addison 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, Addison Township could be anywhere from D− to B−.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Addison Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 823 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.
Who works in Addison Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 815 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 691 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 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.
18% of working residents work in Green Township
Where Addison Township clocks in
18% of workers
12% of workers
3% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Addison Township
716 jobs are based in Addison Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Addison Township, 2013 → 2023: 295 → 716. 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 Addison Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Addison Township to work
About 25% 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.
Addison Township is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 836 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). 12.7% of Addison Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Addison Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Addison Township places 3,885th of 5,148 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 18 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,883 | Norwood NC | 2,568 | $52K | 8.5% | 6.6% | 9% | C− |
| 3,884 | Philadelphia NY | 1,937 | $76K | 18.9% | 2.8% | 17% | C− |
| 3,885 | Addison Township OH | 2,092 | $65K | 11.7% | 2.2% | 3% | C− |
| 3,886 | Tunica Resorts MS | 2,281 | $46K | 12.6% | 12.0% | 26% | C− |
| 3,887 | Naples NY | 2,354 | $70K | 12.3% | 6.9% | 24% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Addison Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Addison Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Cheshire Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Addison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addison Township | – | C− | C+ | 20 min | $65,023 |
| Cheshire Township | 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Springfield Township | 3% | C | D | 16 min | $61,563 |
| Gallipolis Township | under 2% | C | A− | 18 min | $50,932 |
Same-state neighbors only. Cheshire Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Addison 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 Addison Township: questions
What is the median household income in Addison Township?
$65,023 (±$21,883) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Addison Township?
11.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Addison Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Addison Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Township (18%, 8 mi), Gallipolis (12%, 5 mi), Columbus (3%, 88 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Addison Township walkable?
Addison Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Addison Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Addison Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Addison 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.