Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Bay Township works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Bay Township C; getting around on foot earns it B−. Bay Township has 228 jobs, and 536 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 3% of workers; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bay Township at work: what stands out
Bay Township and Port Clinton trade workers both ways
Port Clinton is the top workplace for Bay Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Bay Township come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Bay Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Bay Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 536 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Bay Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Bay Township is better than 30% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Bay Township’s grade.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Bay Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bay Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
16% of working residents work in Port Clinton
Where Bay Township clocks in
16% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
The daily trip from Bay Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bay Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 535 commuters (the 3% 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.
In and out of Bay Township on a workday
On a workday 519 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Bay Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Jobs in Bay Township: what the 228 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bay Township, 2013 → 2023: 239 → 228. 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 Bay Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Bay Township
About 19% 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 Bay Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bay Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 549 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). 1.4% of Bay Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Bay Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,075th of 3,771: where Bay Township ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Boston Heights OH | 1,408 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,073 | Lakeview OH | 1,232 | $56K | 10.0% | 5.2% | 4% | C |
| 2,074 | Jamesport Township MO | 1,107 | $65K | 6.7% | 1.0% | 3% | C |
| 2,075 | Bay Township OH | 1,108 | $65K | 12.9% | 0.0% | 3% | C |
| 2,076 | Morgan Township IN | 1,228 | $52K | 5.6% | 0.0% | <1% | C |
| 2,077 | Brampton Township MI | 1,028 | $80K | 10.6% | 4.9% | <1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Bay Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
31% of Bay Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Port Clinton (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bay Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Township | – | C | B− | 29 min | $65,375 |
| Port Clinton | 16% | C | A− | 20 min | $60,909 |
| Erie Township | 4% | C | C | 22 min | $50,046 |
| Salem Township | 3% | B+ | C− | 25 min | $61,962 |
| Portage Township | 8% | B− | C | 42 min | $85,325 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bay 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 Bay Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bay Township?
$65,375 (±$26,231) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bay Township?
12.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bay Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bay Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Port Clinton (16%, 4 mi), Portage Township (8%, 6 mi), Fremont (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bay Township walkable?
Bay Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bay Township without a car?
2% 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 Bay Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bay 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.