Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Bridgewater Township works elsewhere
There are 86 jobs in Bridgewater Township, against 671 working residents. For jobs and income Bridgewater Township is better than 20% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (D). Only 1% work in Bridgewater Township itself; outside it, Bryan draws the most (12%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bridgewater Township, in a few figures
What’s behind Bridgewater Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Bridgewater Township’s grade up ($77,143, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (23.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (4.7%) is left out: Bridgewater 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, Bridgewater Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
How many people are in Bridgewater Township by day
On a workday 663 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Bridgewater Township on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 places Bridgewater Township commutes to
Where Bridgewater Township clocks in
12% 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: 76% of jobs based in Bridgewater Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bridgewater Township, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 86. 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 Bridgewater Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way for Bridgewater Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bridgewater Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 708 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.
The commute from Bridgewater Township, by distance
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 Bridgewater Township, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 2.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 758 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). 1.5% of Bridgewater Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bridgewater Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bridgewater Township next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900: 4,061st of 5,877 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 28 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 51 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,059 | Canton ME | 1,123 | $52K | 8.4% | 5.7% | 1% | C− |
| 4,060 | Willsboro NY | 1,831 | $70K | 12.1% | 2.0% | 24% | C− |
| 4,061 | Bridgewater Township OH | 1,404 | $77K | 23.3% | 4.7% | 1% | C− |
| 4,062 | Cuba NY | 1,490 | $62K | 14.1% | 3.3% | 12% | C− |
| 4,063 | Winfield IA | 1,004 | $49K | 9.8% | 3.6% | 7% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Bridgewater Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Bridgewater Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bridgewater Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater Township | – | C− | D | 20 min | $77,143 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Superior Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 28 min | $67,222 |
| Northwest Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 26 min | $105,060 |
Same-state neighbors only. Madison Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bridgewater 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 Bridgewater Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bridgewater Township?
$77,143 (±$11,158) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bridgewater Township?
23.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bridgewater Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bridgewater Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bryan (12%, 14 mi), Pioneer (12%, 5 mi), Holiday City (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bridgewater Township walkable?
Bridgewater Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bridgewater 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 Bridgewater Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bridgewater 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.