Photo: Vbofficial · CC BY-SA 3.0Alexander Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Jobs and income earn Alexander Township C; getting around on foot earns it D−. Alexander Township has 376 jobs, against 1,017 working residents. Only 3% stay in Alexander Township for work; outside it, Athens is the main destination (34%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Alexander Township: the gist
Alexander Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
One in three of Alexander Township works in Athens
342 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Athens, 6.2 miles away. That’s 11 times as many as work in Alexander Township itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Alexander Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Alexander Township is better than 30% of U.S. towns, #820 of 992 in Ohio. Household income holds Alexander Township’s grade up ($80,956, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Alexander Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Alexander Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alexander Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,092 commuters (the 14% 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.
Where Alexander Township goes to work
Where Alexander Township clocks in
34% of workers
6% 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.
Who works in Alexander Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 984 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 343 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Alexander Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2023, primary jobs.
31% of the jobs in Alexander Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alexander Township, 2013 → 2023: 405 → 376. 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 Alexander Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Alexander Township, by distance
About 26% 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 Alexander Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Alexander Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns, #963 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Alexander 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 1,268 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 41% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.4% of Alexander Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Alexander Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700, Alexander Township comes 3,363rd on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 31 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 36 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 42 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,361 | Garland UT | 2,915 | $74K | 13.5% | 5.5% | 3% | C |
| 3,362 | Benzonia Township MI | 2,816 | $73K | 15.5% | 3.5% | 14% | C |
| 3,363 | Alexander Township OH | 2,749 | $81K | 10.1% | 6.7% | 3% | C |
| 3,364 | Decatur Township PA | 2,943 | $61K | 19.3% | 1.8% | 4% | C |
| 3,365 | East Bronson FL | 2,649 | $52K | 30.7% | 0.0% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Alexander Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Alexander Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Alexander Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Township | – | C | D− | 32 min | $80,956 |
| Lee Township | under 2% | B | C− | 26 min | $81,761 |
| Lodi Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 22 min | $89,583 |
| Athens Township | under 2% | C+ | A+ | 17 min | $48,696 |
| Scipio Township | under 2% | C | D− | 39 min | $75,648 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Alexander 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 Alexander Township: questions
What is the median household income in Alexander Township?
$80,956 (±$19,508) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alexander Township?
10.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alexander Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alexander Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Athens (34%, 6 mi), Columbus (6%, 69 mi), Albany (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Alexander Township walkable?
Alexander Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Alexander Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alexander Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alexander 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.