Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Blanchard Township works elsewhere
4% of workers work from home (Ohio 13%). 261 jobs are based in Blanchard Township, and 587 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Blanchard Township is better than 36% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Blanchard Township: the figures worth knowing
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Blanchard Township
Household income holds Blanchard Township’s grade up ($77,708, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Blanchard 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, Blanchard Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
About 19 minutes to work from Blanchard Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blanchard Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 334 commuters (the 4% 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.
How many people are in Blanchard Township by day
On a workday 565 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 239 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Blanchard 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.
13% of working residents work in Findlay
Where Blanchard Township clocks in
13% of workers
9% 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.
Making and building: 57% of jobs based in Blanchard Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blanchard Township, 2013 → 2023: 223 → 261. 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 Blanchard Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Blanchard Township goes to work
About 19% 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 of Blanchard Township commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 348 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). 5.8% of Blanchard Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Blanchard Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Blanchard Township ranks: 2,095th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 48 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 55 | Coldstream OH | 1,540 | $232K | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,093 | Lincoln Township MI | 1,508 | $70K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,094 | Antrim Township OH | 1,129 | $67K | 10.1% | 2.2% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,095 | Blanchard Township OH | 1,214 | $78K | 12.1% | 0.0% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,096 | Adams WI | 1,400 | $76K | 9.3% | 1.1% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,097 | Neoga IL | 1,369 | $73K | 11.8% | 3.2% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Blanchard Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Blanchard Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blanchard Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanchard Township | – | C+ | D | 19 min | $77,708 |
| Ottawa Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 23 min | $89,511 |
| Van Buren Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 21 min | $72,717 |
| Riley Township | under 2% | B | B | 24 min | $65,769 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Blanchard 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 Blanchard Township: questions
What is the median household income in Blanchard Township?
$77,708 (±$30,482) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blanchard Township?
12.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blanchard Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blanchard Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Findlay (13%, 16 mi), Ottawa (9%, 5 mi), Bluffton (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Blanchard Township walkable?
Blanchard Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Blanchard Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blanchard Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blanchard 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.