Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Bethlehem Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Bethlehem Township has 141 jobs, against 437 working residents. Jobs and income earn Bethlehem Township D; getting around on foot earns it D−. For 3% of workers, the job is at home; Ohio has 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 Bethlehem Township
Bethlehem Township and Coshocton trade workers both ways
Coshocton is the top workplace for Bethlehem Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Bethlehem Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Bethlehem Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Bethlehem 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 437 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Bethlehem Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Bethlehem Township is better than 9% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Bethlehem Township’s grade up ($64,083, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (25.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Bethlehem 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, Bethlehem Township could be anywhere from D− to B−.
16% of working residents work in Coshocton
Where Bethlehem Township clocks in
16% of workers
5% 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.
Time on the road from Bethlehem Township: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 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 515 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.
The daily flow of workers through Bethlehem Township
On a workday 430 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Bethlehem Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Bethlehem Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bethlehem Township, 2013 → 2023: 164 → 141. 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.
Bethlehem Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 22% 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.
In Bethlehem Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bethlehem Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Bethlehem Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 531 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). 4.7% 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.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bethlehem Township is 3,155th among 3,771 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+ |
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| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,153 | De Kalb TX | 1,455 | $50K | 18.8% | 3.8% | 16% | D |
| 3,154 | Lebanon NY | 1,328 | $67K | 24.2% | 19.3% | 2% | D |
| 3,155 | Bethlehem Township OH | 1,083 | $64K | 25.0% | 1.8% | 2% | D |
| 3,156 | Adwolf VA | 1,046 | $44K | 15.0% | 0.0% | 1% | D |
| 3,157 | Hansen ID | 1,109 | $50K | 29.8% | 1.1% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Bethlehem Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Bethlehem Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bethlehem Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethlehem Township | – | D | D− | 30 min | $64,083 |
| Keene Township | under 3% | B | C+ | 19 min | $72,750 |
| Clark Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | under 3% | D | D | 31 min | $49,688 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | C+ | D− | 36 min | $76,944 |
Same-state neighbors only. Clark Township: 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?
$64,083 (±$7,570) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bethlehem Township?
25.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bethlehem Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bethlehem Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coshocton (16%, 8 mi), Zanesville (5%, 28 mi), Columbus (5%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bethlehem Township walkable?
Bethlehem Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bethlehem Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% 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.