Photo: Nyttend · Public domainBig Spring Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
3% of workers have no commute at all (Ohio 13%). 299 jobs are based in Big Spring Township; 783 of its residents have a job. Big Spring Township grades B− for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Big Spring Township apart
Big Spring Township and Tiffin trade workers both ways
Tiffin is the top workplace for Big Spring Township residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Big Spring Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Big Spring 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 783 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Big Spring Township
On income, poverty and job access, Big Spring Township is better than 52% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Big Spring Township’s grade up (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.0%) is left out: Big Spring 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 Spring Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
17% of working residents work in Tiffin
Where Big Spring Township clocks in
17% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
Getting to work from Big Spring Township takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Big Spring Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 776 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.
Who leaves Big Spring Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 732 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 248 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Big Spring 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.
The kinds of work in Big Spring Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Big Spring Township, 2013 → 2023: 339 → 299. 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 Big Spring Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Big Spring Township commutes
About 15% 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.
Most trips from Big Spring Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Big Spring Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 801 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). 8.6% of Big Spring Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Big Spring Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200, Big Spring Township comes 1,889th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 44 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 57 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,887 | Fall River WI | 1,853 | $72K | 9.5% | 4.0% | 11% | B− |
| 1,888 | Petersburgh NY | 1,369 | $78K | 5.0% | 3.6% | 11% | B− |
| 1,889 | Big Spring Township OH | 1,663 | $74K | 5.8% | 1.0% | 7% | B− |
| 1,890 | Washington Township PA | 1,311 | $100K | 7.6% | 4.3% | 2% | B− |
| 1,891 | Springville Township PA | 1,483 | $77K | 3.1% | 3.2% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Big Spring Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Big Spring Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Seneca Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Big Spring Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Spring Township | – | B− | C | 24 min | $73,688 |
| Seneca Township | 2% | B+ | C | 26 min | $91,892 |
| Biglick Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 22 min | $103,214 |
| Crawford Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 19 min | $76,597 |
| Loudon Township | 2% | B | D | 28 min | $83,185 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Big Spring 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 Big Spring Township: questions
What is the median household income in Big Spring Township?
$73,688 (±$12,498) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Big Spring Township?
5.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Big Spring Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Big Spring Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tiffin (17%, 11 mi), Findlay (11%, 15 mi), Fostoria (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Big Spring Township walkable?
Big Spring Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Big Spring Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Big Spring Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Big Spring 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.