Photo: SilentMatt Psychedelic · CC BY-SA 4.0Bristol Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Bristol Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C. 234 jobs are based in Bristol Township for 1,006 working residents. Only 5% work in Bristol Township itself; outside it, Middlefield Township draws the most (6%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Bristol Township in brief
Inside Bristol Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bristol Township is better than 36% of U.S. towns, #759 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Bristol Township’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bristol Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Who commutes out of Bristol Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 953 residents head out to work, 53 work right here, and 181 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Bristol 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Bristol Township to work: where people go
Where Bristol Township clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Bristol Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bristol Township, 2014 → 2024: 242 → 234. 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 Bristol Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Bristol Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bristol Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,217 commuters (the 6% 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 distance from Bristol Township to work
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.
In Bristol Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bristol Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns, #684 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,297 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). 1.0% of Bristol Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Bristol Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Bristol Township ranks: 2,914th of 4,797 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 30 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 34 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 40 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,912 | Eldora IA | 2,593 | $77K | 12.0% | 4.0% | 25% | C+ |
| 2,913 | Beech Creek Township IN | 2,429 | $77K | 14.5% | 3.8% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,914 | Bristol Township OH | 2,655 | $69K | 19.9% | 3.5% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,915 | Salamonie Township IN | 2,267 | $71K | 8.5% | 6.6% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,916 | Washington Township KS | 3,543 | $66K | 10.2% | 4.1% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 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 Bristol Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Bristol Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bristol Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Township | – | C+ | C | 27 min | $69,167 |
| Farmington Township | under 3% | B− | C | 46 min | $62,609 |
| Bloomfield Township | under 3% | C+ | B− | 42 min | $73,750 |
| Champion Township | under 3% | B− | C | 31 min | $69,626 |
| Mecca Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 26 min | $53,571 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bristol 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 Bristol Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bristol Township?
$69,167 (±$16,510) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bristol Township?
19.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bristol Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bristol Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Middlefield Township (6%, 11 mi), Warren (6%, 10 mi), Middlefield (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Bristol Township walkable?
Bristol Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bristol Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bristol Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bristol 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.