Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAlmost no one in Bearfield Township’s labor force is looking for work
Jobs and income earn Bearfield Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D. Measured by household income, Bearfield Township is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns. At home: 4% of workers have no commute at all (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Bearfield Township
Bearfield Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 45 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 345 hours of commuting, 169 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Bearfield Township is a place people come home to
There are 54 jobs based in Bearfield Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bearfield Township has about 940 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Bearfield Township workers work from home
Only 4% 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 596 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Bearfield Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bearfield Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Bearfield Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bearfield Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Bearfield Township’s commute takes about 45 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bearfield Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,198 commuters (the 4% 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.
Bearfield Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 587 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Bearfield Township on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.09 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.
12% of working residents work in New Lexington
Where Bearfield Township clocks in
12% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
In Bearfield Township, 46% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
54 jobs are based in Bearfield Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bearfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 54. 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 Bearfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Bearfield Township goes to work
About 28% 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 Bearfield Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bearfield Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,253 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). 1.5% of Bearfield Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Bearfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Bearfield Township is 1,009th of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,007 | Little Mackinaw Township IL | 1,433 | $90K | 5.6% | 3.0% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,008 | Washington Township IN | 1,124 | $74K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,009 | Bearfield Township OH | 1,478 | $106K | 8.1% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,010 | Mountainaire AZ | 1,103 | $112K | 5.2% | 5.7% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,011 | Forest Ranch CA | 1,915 | $132K | 1.5% | 4.2% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Bearfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Bearfield Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bearfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bearfield Township | – | B+ | D | 45 min | $106,071 |
| Pike Township | 4% | C− | B+ | 31 min | $58,843 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Deerfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | D | C+ | 28 min | $48,741 |
| Monroe Township | 2% | D− | D− | 36 min | $42,548 |
| York Township | under 2% | — | — | 47 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pleasant Township, Deerfield Township and York Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Pike Township. Darker towns draw more of Bearfield 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 Bearfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bearfield Township?
$106,071 (±$41,210) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bearfield Township?
8.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bearfield Township?
45 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bearfield Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Lexington (12%, 7 mi), Columbus (11%, 52 mi), Zanesville (8%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bearfield Township walkable?
Bearfield Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bearfield Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bearfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bearfield 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.