Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Auglaize Township works elsewhere
There are 97 jobs in Auglaize Township for 635 working residents. For jobs and income Auglaize Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 2% work in Auglaize Township itself; outside it, Defiance draws the most (16%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Auglaize Township stands out on work
What’s behind Auglaize Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Auglaize Township’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Auglaize 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, Auglaize Township could be anywhere from C to B.
Who leaves Auglaize Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 623 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 people are in Auglaize Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 places Auglaize Township commutes to
Where Auglaize Township clocks in
8% 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.
58% of the jobs in Auglaize Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Auglaize Township, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 97. 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 Auglaize Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Auglaize Township’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Auglaize Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 545 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 many miles Auglaize Township commutes
About 24% 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 Auglaize Township, the car does most of the work
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 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 583 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). 0.0% of Auglaize Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Auglaize Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Auglaize Township is 2,178th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,176 | Dravosburg PA | 1,536 | $52K | 12.3% | 4.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,177 | Stanton Township MI | 1,606 | $86K | 7.0% | 2.4% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,178 | Auglaize Township OH | 1,369 | $61K | 4.0% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,179 | Riverdale Park CA | 1,137 | $62K | 10.7% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,180 | Alvord TX | 1,675 | $69K | 8.0% | 8.3% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Auglaize Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Auglaize Township
The biggest share goes to Brown Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Auglaize Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auglaize Township | – | C+ | C− | 26 min | $61,020 |
| Defiance Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 19 min | $66,082 |
| Emerald Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Brown Township | 4% | B− | C− | 26 min | $73,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Emerald Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Auglaize 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 Auglaize Township: questions
What is the median household income in Auglaize Township?
$61,020 (±$6,829) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Auglaize Township?
4.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Auglaize Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Auglaize Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Defiance (16%, 7 mi), Paulding (8%, 10 mi), Brown Township (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Auglaize Township walkable?
Auglaize Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Auglaize Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Auglaize Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Auglaize 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.