Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Bath Township trail those of 70% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Bath Township; the top destination outside it is Lima (24%, 5 miles). Below the poverty line: 12.2% of residents, next to 13.3% across Ohio. For jobs and income Bath Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Bath Township, in brief
Bath Township and Lima trade workers both ways
Lima is the top workplace for Bath Township residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Bath Township come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Bath Township makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Bath Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bath Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Bath Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Why Bath Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Unemployment holds Bath Township’s grade up (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($62,500, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bath Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Where Bath Township goes to work
Where Bath Township clocks in
24% 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.
Bath Township makes things: 43% of its jobs are in goods
4,980 jobs are based in Bath Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bath Township, 2013 → 2023: 5,364 → 4,980. 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.
About 17 minutes to work from Bath Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 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 4,105 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.
The daily flow of workers through Bath Township
On a workday 3,405 residents head out to work, 532 work right here, and 4,448 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Bath Township on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 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.
How far Bath Township goes to work
About 20% 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 Bath Township, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,420 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). 2.7% of Bath Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bath Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bath Township is 1,834th among 2,841 U.S. towns of 6,500 to 12,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 7 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 14 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,832 | Bemiss GA | 9,201 | $93K | 10.7% | 6.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,833 | Templeton MA | 8,553 | $101K | 10.6% | 6.6% | 8% | C+ |
| 1,834 | Bath Township OH | 9,292 | $63K | 12.2% | 3.4% | 14% | C+ |
| 1,835 | Polk Township PA | 7,414 | $81K | 10.3% | 4.4% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,836 | Conemaugh Township PA | 6,563 | $75K | 5.4% | 8.9% | 10% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,841 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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.
The towns next door employ 28% of Bath Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bath Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath Township | – | C+ | C+ | 17 min | $62,500 |
| Lima | 24% | D | B+ | 17 min | $46,240 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | A− | D | 20 min | $88,487 |
| Perry Township | 4% | C− | D | 19 min | $53,371 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | B | D− | 20 min | $72,917 |
| Sugar Creek Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 23 min | $100,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lima. 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?
$62,500 (±$11,114) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bath Township?
12.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bath Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bath Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lima (24%, 5 mi), American Township (7%, 7 mi), Shawnee Township (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bath Township walkable?
Bath Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bath Township without a car?
0% 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 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.