Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Bethlehem Township works elsewhere
Only 4% stay in Bethlehem Township for work; outside it, Canton is the main destination (14%, 10 miles). There are 1,003 jobs in Bethlehem Township, and 2,582 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Bethlehem Township B+; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Bethlehem Township
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Bethlehem Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bethlehem Township is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #427 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Bethlehem Township’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($71,161, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bethlehem Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Factories, building and farms: 60% of the jobs in Bethlehem Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bethlehem Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,172 → 1,003. 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 Bethlehem Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Bethlehem Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,468 residents head out to work, 114 work right here, and 889 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Bethlehem Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Commuting out of Bethlehem Township: the destinations
Where Bethlehem Township clocks in
14% 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.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bethlehem Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,234 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.
Bethlehem Township’s commute, mile by mile
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 Bethlehem Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bethlehem Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #355 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.9% 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 2,453 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). 3.8% of Bethlehem Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bethlehem Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bethlehem Township is 1,338th of 3,502 U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,336 | Napoleon Township MI | 6,706 | $74K | 7.9% | 2.3% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,337 | Newberry Township OH | 6,623 | $72K | 3.8% | 4.2% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,338 | Bethlehem Township OH | 5,519 | $71K | 8.9% | 2.9% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,339 | Mount Carmel OH | 4,890 | $70K | 13.7% | 1.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,340 | Rapid Valley SD | 6,975 | $83K | 4.5% | 4.3% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,502 | 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 Bethlehem Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door is work for 17% of Bethlehem Township
The biggest share goes to Massillon (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bethlehem Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethlehem Township | – | B+ | B | 21 min | $71,161 |
| Lawrence Township | under 2% | A− | C | 24 min | $81,402 |
| Massillon | 11% | C+ | B+ | 22 min | $56,446 |
| Sugarcreek Township | under 2% | B | B− | 24 min | $64,583 |
| Perry Township | 4% | B+ | B− | 19 min | $68,771 |
| Pike Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 24 min | $75,306 |
| Navarre | 2% | B− | A− | 21 min | $59,542 |
| Bolivar | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bolivar: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bethlehem 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 Bethlehem Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bethlehem Township?
$71,161 (±$13,700) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bethlehem Township?
8.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bethlehem Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bethlehem Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canton (14%, 10 mi), Massillon (11%, 7 mi), Jackson Township (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bethlehem Township walkable?
Bethlehem Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bethlehem Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bethlehem Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bethlehem 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.