Households in Big Island Township have lower incomes than those in 94% of U.S. towns
The trip to work takes 22 minutes on average, next to 23 for Ohio and 26 for the U.S. Jobs and income earn Big Island Township C+; getting around on foot earns it D−. Measured by household income, Big Island Township is behind 94% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs & income in Big Island Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Big Island Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Big Island Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($43,750, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Big Island Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Big Island Township could be anywhere from C+ to B−.
Big Island Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 484 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 204 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in Big Island Township on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.43 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 2024, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Marion Township
Where Big Island Township clocks in
14% of workers
14% of workers
9% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
214 jobs are based in Big Island Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Big Island Township, 2014 → 2024: 79 → 214. 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 Big Island Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Big Island Township takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Big Island Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 241 commuters (the 7% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Big Island Township
About 17% 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.
For most of Big Island Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Big Island Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Big Island 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 260 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). 0.0% of Big Island Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Big Island Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Big Island Township is 1,943rd 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,941 | Lyndon KS | 1,032 | $67K | 8.8% | 0.0% | 9% | C+ |
| 1,942 | Sand Prairie Township IL | 1,248 | $68K | 11.2% | 0.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,943 | Big Island Township OH | 1,179 | $44K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,944 | Liberty Township OH | 1,078 | $61K | 10.3% | 1.1% | 10% | C+ |
| 1,945 | Black River NY | 1,208 | $87K | 11.8% | 19.8% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Big Island Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
14% of Big Island Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Big Island Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Island Township | – | C+ | D− | 22 min | $43,750 |
| Green Camp Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 63 min | $102,833 |
| Bowling Green Township | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Montgomery Township | under 2% | D | B− | 24 min | $67,669 |
| Marion Township | 14% | D | B− | 21 min | $49,743 |
| Salt Rock Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| New Bloomington | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bowling Green Township, Salt Rock Township and New Bloomington: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Marion Township. Darker towns draw more of Big Island 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 Big Island Township: questions
What is the median household income in Big Island Township?
$43,750 (±$22,195) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Big Island Township?
0.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Big Island Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Big Island Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion Township (14%, 6 mi), Marion (14%, 6 mi), Columbus (9%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Big Island Township walkable?
Big Island Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Big Island Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Big Island Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Big Island 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.