Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Baughman Township has 2.0 jobs for every working resident: 3,948 people commute in to work
About one in seven work in Baughman Township itself; outside it, Orrville draws the most (17%, 4 miles). Employers in Baughman Township report 4,244 jobs, and 2,119 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Baughman Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Baughman Township: the figures worth knowing
Baughman Township is where the jobs are
Baughman Township has 4,244 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 6,900 people are in town, 45% more than the 4,800 who live here. Day and night ↓
Baughman Township makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in Baughman Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Baughman Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 30%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Baughman Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
76% of the jobs based in Baughman Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 56% of the jobs Baughman Township residents hold. 93% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Baughman Township. The jobs ↓
Baughman Township and Orrville trade workers both ways
Orrville is the top workplace for Baughman Township residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Baughman Township come from (11% 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.
Where Baughman Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Baughman Township is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #299 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($76,705, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Baughman Township could be anywhere from B to A.
How a workday changes Baughman Township
On a workday 1,823 residents head out to work and 296 work right here.
About 6,900 people are in Baughman Township on a workday afternoon, 45% more 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.
Goods, not services: 46% of the jobs in Baughman Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baughman Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,607 → 4,244. 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 Baughman Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Baughman Township
Where Baughman Township clocks in
17% of workers
3% 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.
About 21 minutes to work from Baughman Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baughman Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,015 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.
The commute from Baughman Township, by distance
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.
Driving is how Baughman Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Baughman Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #500 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,203 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). 7.1% of Baughman Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Baughman Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Baughman Township is 922nd among 3,867 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 29 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 56 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 62 | Sharon Township OH | 6,117 | $126K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 920 | Orrington ME | 3,912 | $95K | 6.6% | 1.7% | 4% | A− |
| 921 | Chamberlayne VA | 4,692 | $98K | 6.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A− |
| 922 | Baughman Township OH | 4,759 | $77K | 5.8% | 2.8% | 14% | A− |
| 923 | Salem Township PA | 6,006 | $80K | 6.5% | 2.1% | 8% | A− |
| 924 | Whispering Pines NC | 5,505 | $126K | 5.3% | 3.3% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,867 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Baughman Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Baughman Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Baughman Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baughman Township | – | A− | C+ | 21 min | $76,705 |
| Chippewa Township | under 2% | A− | C | 23 min | $80,440 |
| Marshallville | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Sugar Creek Township | under 2% | B | B | 18 min | $77,093 |
| Green Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 20 min | $73,422 |
| Lawrence Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 26 min | $77,568 |
Same-state neighbors only. Marshallville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Baughman 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 Baughman Township: questions
What is the median household income in Baughman Township?
$76,705 (±$7,818) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baughman Township?
5.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baughman Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baughman Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orrville (17%, 4 mi), Wooster (12%, 12 mi), Akron (3%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Baughman Township walkable?
Baughman Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Baughman Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Baughman Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baughman 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.