Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Auglaize Township works elsewhere
The two grades for Auglaize Township are B− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Auglaize Township has 501 jobs for 1,284 working residents. For 5% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Auglaize Township, in brief
Auglaize Township makes and builds things
65% of the jobs based in Auglaize Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Auglaize Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
Auglaize Township and Lima trade workers both ways
Lima is the top workplace for Auglaize Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Auglaize Township come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
The four measures behind Auglaize Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Auglaize Township is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #624 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Auglaize Township’s grade up (3.2%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (7.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Auglaize Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Auglaize Township makes things: 65% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Auglaize Township, 2013 → 2023: 391 → 501. 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.
20% of working residents work in Lima
Where Auglaize Township clocks in
20% of workers
9% 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.
In and out of Auglaize Township on a workday
On a workday 1,189 residents head out to work, 95 work right here, and 406 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Auglaize Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
How long Auglaize Township spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 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 1,314 commuters (the 5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Auglaize Township
About 16% 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, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Auglaize Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns, #983 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Auglaize 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 1,378 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). 1.9% 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.
Among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800, Auglaize Township ranks 2,278th of 4,703 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 2,276 | Ishpeming Township MI | 3,449 | $94K | 4.3% | 7.0% | 6% | B− |
| 2,277 | Madison Township OH | 3,775 | $99K | 11.8% | 3.5% | 4% | B− |
| 2,278 | Auglaize Township OH | 2,831 | $82K | 3.2% | 7.3% | 7% | B− |
| 2,279 | Woodruff WI | 2,082 | $82K | 6.0% | 1.2% | 7% | B− |
| 2,280 | Helemano HI | 2,691 | $83K | 12.4% | 16.8% | 0% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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.
Next door to Auglaize Township
The biggest share goes to Perry Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Auglaize Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auglaize Township | – | B− | D− | 26 min | $82,159 |
| Perry Township | 4% | C− | D | 19 min | $53,371 |
| Wayne Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 26 min | $64,893 |
| Jackson Township | 3% | A− | D | 20 min | $88,487 |
| Marion Township | under 3% | D− | C− | 24 min | $45,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$82,159 (±$15,943) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Auglaize Township?
3.2%, 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. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Auglaize Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lima (20%, 10 mi), Bath Township (9%, 8 mi), Shawnee Township (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Auglaize Township walkable?
Auglaize Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Auglaize Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% 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.