Mull Covered Bridge · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Ballville Township works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Ballville Township B−; getting around on foot earns it C−. There are 821 jobs in Ballville Township; 2,814 of its residents have a job. 6% of workers have no commute at all, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ballville Township at work: what stands out
Ballville Township and Fremont trade workers both ways
Fremont is the top workplace for Ballville Township residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Ballville Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Ballville Township is a place people come home to
There are 821 jobs based in Ballville Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ballville Township has about 4,000 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
How Ballville Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ballville Township is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #592 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Ballville Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ballville Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
26% of working residents work in Fremont
Where Ballville Township clocks in
26% 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.
Ballville Township by day and by night
On a workday 2,717 residents head out to work, 97 work right here, and 724 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Ballville Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
What Ballville Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ballville Township, 2013 → 2023: 632 → 821. 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 Ballville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Ballville Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ballville Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,516 commuters (the 6% 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 Ballville Township commutes
About 21% 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.
Getting around Ballville Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ballville Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #808 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,683 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). 0.2% of Ballville Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Ballville Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ballville Township is 1,796th of 3,394 U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,100 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 27 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
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| 1,794 | Sterling Township OH | 4,804 | $78K | 6.9% | 4.1% | 1% | B− |
| 1,795 | Williamson AZ | 6,310 | $89K | 5.7% | 4.2% | 4% | B− |
| 1,796 | Ballville Township OH | 5,985 | $78K | 10.4% | 4.2% | 3% | B− |
| 1,797 | Lawrenceburg IN | 5,243 | $51K | 13.5% | 1.6% | 21% | B− |
| 1,798 | Wingate NC | 4,628 | $63K | 17.0% | 5.7% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,394 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Ballville Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Ballville Township and its neighbors: 26% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ballville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballville Township | – | B− | C− | 22 min | $78,330 |
| Fremont | 26% | C− | A− | 19 min | $47,024 |
| Sandusky Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 18 min | $82,796 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 27 min | $92,805 |
| Green Creek Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 25 min | $68,622 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | B | C | 28 min | $77,396 |
| Riley Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 22 min | $61,806 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fremont. Darker towns draw more of Ballville 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 Ballville Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ballville Township?
$78,330 (±$4,719) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ballville Township?
10.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ballville Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ballville Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fremont (26%, 4 mi), Clyde (7%, 8 mi), Toledo (5%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ballville Township walkable?
Ballville Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ballville Township without a car?
<1% 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 Ballville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ballville 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.