Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 3.0Berlin Township has some of the lowest unemployment in the country, with hardly anyone out of work
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers (Ohio 13%). Jobs and income earn Berlin Township A−; getting around on foot earns it B+. About one in five work in Berlin Township; the top destination outside it is Berlin (12%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Berlin Township in brief
Berlin Township is where the jobs are
Berlin Township has 4,252 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 7,200 people are in town, 54% more than the 4,600 who live here. Day and night ↓
Berlin Township makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Berlin Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Berlin Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 46%. The jobs ↓
A young workforce
36% of Berlin Township’s working residents are 29 or younger, about one in three. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Berlin Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Berlin Township residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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.
Berlin Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Berlin Township is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #252 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Berlin Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Berlin Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Berlin Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,412 residents head out to work, 328 work right here, and 3,924 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,200 people are in Berlin Township on a workday afternoon, 54% more than live here.
2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Berlin Township makes things: 51% of its jobs are in goods
4,252 jobs are based in Berlin Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Berlin Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,535 → 4,252. 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 Berlin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 16 minutes in Berlin Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Berlin Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,981 commuters (the 6% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Berlin Township
About 23% 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.
The towns that send workers to Berlin Township
Where Berlin Township clocks in
12% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Berlin Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Berlin Township is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns, #157 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 41.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,101 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). 44.3% of Berlin Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Berlin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Berlin Township ranks: 759th of 3,798 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300
| # | 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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| 55 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 61 | Sharon Township OH | 6,117 | $126K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 757 | Limington ME | 4,173 | $85K | 3.4% | 0.4% | 5% | A− |
| 758 | Brady Township MI | 4,485 | $109K | 3.9% | 3.6% | 5% | A− |
| 759 | Berlin Township OH | 4,646 | $94K | 7.5% | 0.0% | 19% | A− |
| 760 | Lambertville NJ | 4,198 | $110K | 3.1% | 6.1% | 7% | A− |
| 761 | Lincoln ND | 4,493 | $88K | 5.6% | 1.1% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | 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 Berlin Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
15% of Berlin Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Walnut Creek Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Berlin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin Township | – | A− | B+ | 16 min | $94,226 |
| Walnut Creek Township | 7% | B | B+ | 17 min | $100,720 |
| Salt Creek Township | 5% | B+ | B | 18 min | $85,250 |
| Hardy Township | 3% | C+ | A− | 21 min | $63,102 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Berlin 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 Berlin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Berlin Township?
$94,226 (±$11,511) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Berlin Township?
7.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Berlin Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Berlin Township work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Berlin (12%, 1 mi), Walnut Creek Township (7%, 6 mi), Columbus (6%, 73 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Berlin Township walkable?
Berlin Township is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 41% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Berlin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 44% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Berlin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Berlin 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.