Photo: Nyttend · Public domainBiglick Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns. 125 jobs are based in Biglick Township for 508 working residents. Biglick Township grades A− for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Biglick Township, in brief
42% of Biglick Township works in Findlay
212 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Findlay, 8.4 miles away. That’s 42 times as many as work in Biglick Township itself. The commute map ↓
Biglick Township is a place people come home to
There are 125 jobs based in Biglick Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Biglick Township has about 750 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 508 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Biglick Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Biglick Township’s grade up (3.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Biglick 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, Biglick Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
42% of working residents work in Findlay
Where Biglick Township clocks in
42% of workers
3% 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.
Who leaves Biglick Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 505 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Biglick Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
72% of the jobs in Biglick Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Biglick Township, 2013 → 2023: 163 → 125. 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 Biglick Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Biglick Township spends getting to work: 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 Biglick Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 431 commuters (the 12% 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 Biglick 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Biglick Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Biglick Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Biglick 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 488 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). 1.9% of Biglick Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Biglick Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Biglick Township places 365th of 3,771 on jobs and income among 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+ |
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| 46 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 51 | Boston Heights OH | 1,408 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 363 | Wheatland Township MN | 1,307 | $114K | 7.0% | 2.7% | 1% | A− |
| 364 | Emory VA | 1,419 | $112K | 3.4% | 7.6% | 4% | A− |
| 365 | Biglick Township OH | 1,137 | $103K | 3.4% | 4.4% | 1% | A− |
| 366 | Verdi NV | 1,012 | $81K | 3.0% | 6.4% | 2% | A− |
| 367 | St. Rose Township IL | 1,467 | $107K | 4.3% | 1.4% | 11% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Biglick Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Biglick Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Biglick Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biglick Township | – | A− | D− | 22 min | $103,214 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 22 min | $76,169 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | A | C | 22 min | $100,865 |
| Big Spring Township | under 2% | B− | C | 24 min | $73,688 |
| Amanda Township | under 2% | B | C− | 18 min | $98,654 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Biglick 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 Biglick Township: questions
What is the median household income in Biglick Township?
$103,214 (±$35,811) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Biglick Township?
3.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Biglick Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Biglick Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Findlay (42%, 8 mi), Allen Township (4%, 11 mi), Fostoria (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Biglick Township walkable?
Biglick Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Biglick Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Biglick Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Biglick 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.