Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAllen Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 178 jobs in Allen Township for 501 working residents. Hardly any work in Allen Township itself; outside it, Versailles draws the most (5%, 11 miles). Home is the office for 3% of workers; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Allen Township, in brief
How long Allen Township spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 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 457 commuters (the 3% 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.
Allen Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 497 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Allen Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Where people from Allen Township work
Where Allen Township clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
Allen Township works in goods: 44% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Allen Township, 2013 → 2023: 170 → 178. 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.
Half of Allen Township commutes less than 17 miles
About 21% 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.
Allen Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Allen Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $80,536 |
| Wabash Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Mississinawa Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wabash Township and Mississinawa 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?
$80,536 (±$32,305) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Allen Township?
12.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Allen Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Allen Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Versailles (5%, 11 mi), Greenville (5%, 14 mi), Minster (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
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.