Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAllen Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
For jobs and income Allen Township is better than 88% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (C−). There are 566 jobs in Allen Township, and 1,580 of its residents work somewhere. Measured by household income, Allen Township is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Allen Township apart
How Allen Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income is its strongest input ($114,677, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment 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+.
18% of working residents work in Toledo
Where Allen Township clocks in
18% 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.
A workday in Allen Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,516 residents head out to work, 64 work right here, and 502 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Allen Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
The kinds of work in Allen Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Allen Township, 2013 → 2023: 651 → 566. 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.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Allen Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 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 1,674 commuters (the 8% 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 in the region Allen Township works
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.
Most trips from Allen Township start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,815 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). 0.1% 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.
517th of 4,318: where Allen Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 43 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 50 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 53 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 515 | Canaan Township OH | 2,709 | $80K | 5.9% | 1.2% | 3% | A |
| 516 | Centre Township PA | 4,264 | $95K | 3.1% | 2.7% | 2% | A |
| 517 | Allen Township OH | 3,670 | $115K | 5.8% | 2.0% | 4% | A |
| 518 | Loyola CA | 3,430 | $250K | 3.7% | 6.0% | 3% | A |
| 519 | Golden Grove SC | 2,913 | $73K | 3.1% | 1.6% | <1% | A |
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| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
13% of Allen Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Oregon (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Allen Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Township | – | A | C− | 24 min | $114,677 |
| Clay Township | 3% | B+ | C | 25 min | $86,250 |
| Jerusalem Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 32 min | $92,589 |
| Benton Township | under 3% | A | C+ | 23 min | $115,660 |
| Oregon | 8% | B+ | B | 20 min | $82,197 |
| Northwood | 2% | B+ | C− | 20 min | $77,268 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$114,677 (±$15,738) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Allen Township?
5.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Allen Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Allen Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toledo (18%, 13 mi), Oregon (8%, 6 mi), Perrysburg Township (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Allen Township walkable?
Allen Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Allen Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% 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.