Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAmanda Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Amanda Township has 164 jobs for 950 working residents. Jobs and income earn Amanda Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D−. Measured by household income, Amanda Township is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Amanda Township, in brief
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Amanda Township
On income, poverty and job access, Amanda Township is better than 74% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Amanda Township’s grade up (3.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.8%) is left out: Amanda Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Amanda Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Amanda Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 928 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Amanda Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
16% of working residents work in Lima
Where Amanda Township clocks in
16% of workers
7% 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.
Amanda Township works in goods: 64% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amanda Township, 2013 → 2023: 119 → 164. 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 Amanda Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Amanda Township: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amanda Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 884 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.
How far Amanda Township goes to work
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.
Amanda Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Amanda Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Amanda 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 949 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). 1.4% of Amanda Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Amanda Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Amanda Township next to U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800: 1,025th of 5,793 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,023 | Abita Springs LA | 2,753 | $77K | 8.7% | 1.7% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,024 | St. Lawrence PA | 1,962 | $86K | 9.0% | 5.2% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,025 | Amanda Township OH | 2,059 | $99K | 3.1% | 0.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,026 | Caledonia WI | 1,755 | $109K | 6.5% | 1.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,027 | Catlin IL | 1,912 | $72K | 3.9% | 1.2% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | 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 Amanda Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Amanda Township
The biggest share goes to Spencer Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Amanda Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Township | – | B+ | D− | 23 min | $98,750 |
| Marion Township | under 3% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $64,671 |
| Spencer Township | 4% | C | C+ | 25 min | $62,654 |
| Logan Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 25 min | $75,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Amanda 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 Amanda Township: questions
What is the median household income in Amanda Township?
$98,750 (±$26,191) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amanda Township?
3.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amanda Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amanda Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lima (16%, 8 mi), Shawnee Township (7%, 6 mi), St. Marys (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Amanda Township walkable?
Amanda Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Amanda 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 Amanda Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amanda 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.