Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Amboy Township top those of 84% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 4% of workers (Ohio 13%). Below the poverty line: 6.0% of residents, next to 13.3% across Ohio. Jobs and income earn Amboy Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Amboy Township: the gist
Amboy Township makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Amboy Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Amboy Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Amboy Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Amboy Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 880 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Amboy Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Amboy Township is better than 75% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($110,833, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Amboy Township could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Amboy Township makes things: 47% of its jobs are in goods
548 jobs are based in Amboy Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amboy Township, 2013 → 2023: 457 → 548. 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 Amboy Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Amboy Township: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amboy Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 980 commuters (the 4% 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.
In and out of Amboy Township on a workday
On a workday 806 residents head out to work, 74 work right here, and 474 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Amboy Township on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
23% of working residents work in Toledo
Where Amboy Township clocks in
23% of workers
7% 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 many miles Amboy Township commutes
About 15% 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.
In Amboy Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Amboy Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,019 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 Amboy Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Amboy Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Amboy Township comes 912th 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+ |
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| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 58 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 910 | Fox Lake Hills IL | 2,399 | $112K | 3.2% | 8.2% | 1% | A− |
| 911 | Lone Tree IA | 1,332 | $91K | 4.8% | 2.7% | 4% | A− |
| 912 | Amboy Township OH | 1,824 | $111K | 6.0% | 4.0% | 8% | A− |
| 913 | Herman WI | 2,160 | $105K | 7.7% | 3.1% | 3% | A− |
| 914 | Cass Township IN | 2,024 | $72K | 2.4% | 0.8% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Amboy Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Amboy Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Amboy Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amboy Township | – | A− | C | 31 min | $110,833 |
| Royalton Township | under 3% | C− | B− | 26 min | $63,229 |
| Fulton Township | under 3% | B | D | 29 min | $81,964 |
| Richfield Township | under 3% | A | C | 25 min | $100,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Amboy 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 Amboy Township: questions
What is the median household income in Amboy Township?
$110,833 (±$27,139) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amboy Township?
6.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amboy Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amboy Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toledo (23%, 18 mi), Sylvania Township (7%, 11 mi), Sylvania (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Amboy Township walkable?
Amboy Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Amboy Township without a car?
<1% 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 Amboy Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amboy 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.