Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Amanda Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns. Amanda Township has 90 jobs for 469 working residents. The two grades for Amanda Township are B for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Amanda Township
Amanda Township is a place people come home to
There are 90 jobs based in Amanda Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Amanda Township has about 670 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Amanda Township works in Findlay
166 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Findlay, 9.4 miles away. That’s 35 times as many as work in Amanda Township itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Amanda Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 38 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; with 469 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Amanda Township
On income, poverty and job access, Amanda Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Amanda Township’s grade up ($98,654, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Amanda Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Amanda Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The daily flow of workers through Amanda Township
On a workday 463 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Amanda Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
35% of working residents work in Findlay
Where Amanda Township clocks in
35% 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.
About 18 minutes to work from Amanda Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 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 462 commuters (the 10% 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.
Jobs in Amanda Township: what the 90 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amanda Township, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 90. 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.
How far Amanda Township goes to work
About 18% 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 Amanda Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Amanda Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 514 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). 0.3% 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.
Out of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Amanda Township comes 751st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 35 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Granville South OH | 1,146 | $131K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 749 | Black Diamond FL | 1,298 | $96K | 6.7% | 12.1% | 1% | B |
| 750 | Rocksbury Township MN | 1,050 | $113K | 7.5% | 2.5% | 1% | B |
| 751 | Amanda Township OH | 1,048 | $99K | 7.9% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 752 | Potomac Heights MD | 1,351 | $72K | 9.5% | 5.2% | 1% | B |
| 753 | Apple Creek OH | 1,183 | $71K | 7.5% | 2.2% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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.
Amanda Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Delaware Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Amanda Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Township | – | B | C− | 18 min | $98,654 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 17 min | $98,958 |
| Ridge Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Delaware Township | 2% | B | D− | 25 min | $73,835 |
| Biglick Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 22 min | $103,214 |
| Mount Blanchard | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Marion Township | under 2% | A | C | 22 min | $100,865 |
Same-state neighbors only. Ridge Township and Mount Blanchard: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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?
$98,654 (±$10,822) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amanda Township?
7.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amanda Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amanda Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Findlay (35%, 9 mi), Allen Township (4%, 14 mi), Arlington (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Amanda Township walkable?
Amanda Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 2% 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.