Photo: Nyttend · Public domainBartlow Township at work: jobs, income and the commute
7% of workers work from home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Bartlow Township grades C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in seven stay in Bartlow Township for work; outside it, Napoleon is the main destination (9%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Bartlow Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bartlow Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Bartlow Township’s grade up ($81,429, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bartlow Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
Bartlow Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 659 residents head out to work, 112 work right here, and 345 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Bartlow Township on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.59 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.
Where the trip to work from Bartlow Township ends
Where Bartlow Township clocks in
9% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Bartlow Township: what the 457 are
457 jobs are based in Bartlow Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bartlow Township, 2013 → 2023: 461 → 457. 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 Bartlow Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Bartlow Township’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bartlow Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,067 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.
Where in the region Bartlow Township works
About 17% 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 Bartlow Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bartlow Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Bartlow 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 1,145 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). 3.3% of Bartlow Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Bartlow Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900, Bartlow Township ranks 2,745th of 5,404 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,743 | Madison Township OH | 2,821 | $88K | 9.2% | 7.5% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,744 | Brown Township OH | 2,029 | $70K | 14.4% | 2.9% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,745 | Bartlow Township OH | 2,172 | $81K | 11.0% | 4.4% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,746 | Mooreville MS | 2,154 | $118K | 10.8% | 24.3% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,747 | Pine Crest TN | 2,029 | $54K | 9.7% | 14.6% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Bartlow Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Bartlow Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bartlow Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartlow Township | – | C+ | C+ | 25 min | $81,429 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Richfield Township | under 3% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Marion Township | under 3% | C− | C+ | 35 min | $63,250 |
| Van Buren Township | under 3% | B− | B+ | 21 min | $72,717 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township and Richfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bartlow 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 Bartlow Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bartlow Township?
$81,429 (±$26,068) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bartlow Township?
11.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bartlow Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bartlow Township work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Napoleon (9%, 16 mi), Deshler (7%, 2 mi), Bowling Green (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bartlow Township walkable?
Bartlow Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bartlow 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 Bartlow Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bartlow 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.