Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Bedford Township works elsewhere
53 jobs are based in Bedford Township for 462 working residents. For jobs and income Bedford Township is better than 6% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (C−). Hardly any work in Bedford Township itself; outside it, Athens draws the most (14%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Bedford Township: the gist
Bedford Township is a place people come home to
There are 53 jobs based in Bedford Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bedford Township has about 800 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bedford Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 462 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Bedford Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income holds Bedford Township’s grade up ($60,536, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (24.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (14.0%) is left out: Bedford 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, Bedford Township could be anywhere from D− to B.
The workday shuffle in and out of Bedford Township
On a workday 461 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Bedford Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bedford Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 511 commuters (the 12% 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 places Bedford Township commutes to
Where Bedford Township clocks in
14% 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.
The kinds of work in Bedford Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bedford Township, 2014 → 2024: 49 → 53. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bedford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Bedford 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Bedford Township walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 580 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). 1.7% of Bedford Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bedford Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bedford Township is 3,799th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 41 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Coldstream OH | 1,540 | $232K | 0.6% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,797 | Sophia WV | 1,076 | $36K | 38.0% | 12.4% | 5% | D |
| 3,798 | Manistique Township MI | 1,066 | $53K | 14.7% | 8.0% | 3% | D |
| 3,799 | Bedford Township OH | 1,212 | $61K | 24.1% | 14.0% | <1% | D |
| 3,800 | Susitna North AK | 1,566 | $55K | 15.7% | 11.3% | — | D |
| 3,801 | Fincastle TN | 1,374 | $52K | 18.6% | 4.5% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Bedford Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Bedford Township
The biggest share goes to Salisbury Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bedford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Township | – | D | C− | 33 min | $60,536 |
| Chester Township | 3% | B | D− | 29 min | $64,760 |
| Lodi Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 22 min | $89,583 |
| Orange Township | under 3% | D | D | 30 min | $63,701 |
| Salisbury Township | 5% | D | B− | 30 min | $38,832 |
| Scipio Township | under 3% | C | D− | 39 min | $75,648 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bedford 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 2024, 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 Bedford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bedford Township?
$60,536 (±$24,083) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bedford Township?
24.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bedford Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bedford Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Athens (14%, 13 mi), Salisbury Township (5%, 5 mi), Pomeroy (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Bedford Township walkable?
Bedford Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bedford Township without a car?
0% 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 Bedford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bedford Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.