A job hub: Allen Township has 4.0 jobs per working resident, and 4,890 people come in to work
Jobs and income earn Allen Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C. 4,994 jobs are based in Allen Township, against 1,235 working residents. Household incomes here are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Allen Township at work: what stands out
Allen Township fills up on a workday
Allen Township has 4,994 jobs, 4.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 6,500 people are in town, more than double the 2,800 who live here. Day and night ↓
Allen Township makes and builds things
63% of the jobs based in Allen Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Allen Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Allen Township works one town over
40% of working residents work in a town that borders Allen Township: Findlay (35%) and Liberty Township (5%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Allen Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Allen Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Allen Township is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #234 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment is its strongest input (1.7%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 58% of U.S. towns). 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, Allen Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
The daily flow of workers through Allen Township
On a workday 1,131 residents head out to work and 104 work right here.
About 6,500 people are in Allen Township on a workday afternoon, 137% more 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.
Allen Township makes things: 63% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Allen Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,203 → 4,994. 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 Allen Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Allen Township’s commute takes about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Allen Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,348 commuters (the 7% 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 travels to work in Allen Township, and from where
Where Allen Township clocks in
35% of workers
5% 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.
How far it is to work from Allen Township
About 20% 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.
Few in Allen Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Allen Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #659 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,454 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). 2.6% of Allen Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Allen Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Allen Township next to U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700: 688th of 4,969 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 686 | Conewago Township PA | 3,067 | $108K | 5.4% | 4.4% | 5% | A− |
| 687 | Hidden Springs ID | 3,378 | $163K | 7.2% | 4.3% | 4% | A− |
| 688 | Allen Township OH | 2,750 | $104K | 8.0% | 1.7% | 8% | A− |
| 689 | Westlake Corner VA | 2,033 | $95K | 5.8% | 0.0% | 12% | A− |
| 690 | Dallas Center IA | 2,042 | $96K | 8.8% | 0.5% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Allen Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door is work for 40% of Allen Township
The biggest share goes to Findlay (35%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Allen Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Township | – | A− | C | 16 min | $104,229 |
| Findlay | 35% | B− | B+ | 16 min | $61,423 |
| Cass Township | under 1% | C | C− | 19 min | $60,329 |
| Liberty Township | 5% | A− | C | 17 min | $101,250 |
| Portage Township | under 1% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Henry Township | under 1% | B− | B− | 21 min | $61,708 |
Same-state neighbors only. Portage Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Allen 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 Allen Township: questions
What is the median household income in Allen Township?
$104,229 (±$8,926) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Allen Township?
8.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Allen Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Allen Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Findlay (35%, 6 mi), Liberty Township (5%, 7 mi), McComb (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Allen Township walkable?
Allen Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Allen Township without a car?
0% 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 Allen Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Allen 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.