Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Brush Creek Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Brush Creek Township has 34 jobs, and 343 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Brush Creek Township D; getting around on foot earns it D−. For 2% of workers, the job is at home, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Brush Creek Township stands out on work
Brush Creek Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 50 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 383 hours of commuting, 207 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Brush Creek Township is a place people come home to
There are 34 jobs based in Brush Creek Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brush Creek Township has about 800 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Brush Creek Township workers work from home
Only 2% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 343 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Brush Creek Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Brush Creek Township is better than 7% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Brush Creek Township’s grade up ($67,308, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Brush Creek 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, Brush Creek Township could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Brush Creek Township’s commute takes about 50 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brush Creek Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 543 commuters (the 2% 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.
A workday in Brush Creek Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 336 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Brush Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
12% of working residents work in West Union
Where Brush Creek Township clocks in
12% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
In Brush Creek Township, 59% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brush Creek Township, 2014 → 2024: 41 → 34. 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 Brush Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Brush Creek Township, by distance
About 29% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Brush Creek Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brush Creek Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Brush Creek 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 553 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). 2.6% of Brush Creek Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brush Creek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Brush Creek Township ranks: 3,266th of 3,771 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Boston Heights OH | 1,408 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,264 | Wheatland Township MI | 1,455 | $55K | 18.4% | 8.3% | 7% | D |
| 3,265 | Holcomb Township MO | 1,264 | $49K | 15.7% | 2.5% | 3% | D |
| 3,266 | Brush Creek Township OH | 1,106 | $67K | 23.1% | 0.0% | 2% | D |
| 3,267 | White Eyes Township OH | 1,235 | $35K | 16.4% | 2.3% | 3% | D |
| 3,268 | Orange Township OH | 1,045 | $64K | 22.0% | 5.1% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Brush Creek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Brush Creek Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brush Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brush Creek Township | – | D | D− | 50 min | $67,308 |
| Tiffin Township | under 3% | D− | C+ | 33 min | $38,069 |
| Green Township | under 3% | — | — | 58 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Monroe Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Green Township, Jefferson Township and Monroe Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brush Creek 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 Brush Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brush Creek Township?
$67,308 (±$34,280) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brush Creek Township?
23.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brush Creek Township?
50 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brush Creek Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Union (12%, 7 mi), Portsmouth (6%, 25 mi), Columbus (4%, 86 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Brush Creek Township walkable?
Brush Creek Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brush Creek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brush Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brush Creek 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.