Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Bath Township have lower incomes than those in 69% of U.S. towns
14.5% of residents are in poverty, where Ohio as a whole has 13.3%. Bath Township grades B− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.7 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 9.5 in Dayton.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Bath Township apart
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Bath Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bath Township is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #654 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Bath Township’s grade up (ahead of 81% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bath Township could be anywhere from C to B.
What Bath Township’s employers do
12,371 jobs are based in Bath Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bath Township, 2013 → 2023: 11,798 → 12,371. 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 Bath Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Bath Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 13,628 residents head out to work, 1,597 work right here, and 10,774 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Dayton
Where Bath Township clocks in
13% of workers
9% 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.
From Bath Township, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bath Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18,937 commuters (the 9% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bath 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Bath Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bath Township is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #108 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Bath 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 20,794 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 16% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 54% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.4% of Bath Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Bath Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Bath Township ranks: 751st of 1,019 U.S. towns of 29,000 to 55,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 4 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Dublin OH | 49,094 | $160K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 749 | Prescott Valley AZ | 52,423 | $75K | 11.7% | 2.8% | 23% | B− |
| 750 | Boardman Township OH | 39,687 | $67K | 13.5% | 4.6% | 23% | B− |
| 751 | Bath Township OH | 40,768 | $63K | 14.5% | 4.4% | 10% | B− |
| 752 | Stockbridge GA | 36,331 | $70K | 12.3% | 6.5% | 5% | B− |
| 753 | Parkland WA | 38,742 | $72K | 13.0% | 6.1% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,019 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Bath Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
22% of Bath Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Dayton (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bath Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath Township | – | B− | A− | 21 min | $62,856 |
| Beavercreek Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 21 min | $116,743 |
| Fairborn | 9% | B− | B+ | 21 min | $61,751 |
| Dayton | 13% | C− | A+ | 20 min | $45,247 |
| Riverside | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 21 min | $61,352 |
| Mad River Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 24 min | $83,700 |
| Miami Township | under 2% | B | A− | 21 min | $89,156 |
| Xenia Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 21 min | $95,313 |
| Holiday Valley | under 2% | A | D | 25 min | $91,705 |
| Bethel Township | under 2% | C | B− | 24 min | $66,519 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bath 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 Bath Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bath Township?
$62,856 (±$4,853) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bath Township?
14.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bath Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bath Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dayton (13%, 10 mi), Beavercreek (9%, 6 mi), Fairborn (9%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bath Township walkable?
Bath Township is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bath Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bath Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bath 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.