Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Brushcreek Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
32 jobs are based in Brushcreek Township for 524 working residents. The two grades for Brushcreek Township are C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Home is the office for 2% of workers; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Brushcreek Township in brief
Brushcreek Township is a place people come home to
There are 32 jobs based in Brushcreek Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brushcreek Township has about 950 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
42% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Brushcreek Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 524 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Brushcreek Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Brushcreek Township is better than 17% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Brushcreek Township’s grade up (12.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.1%) is left out: Brushcreek 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, Brushcreek Township could be anywhere from D− to B−.
How many people are in Brushcreek Township by day
On a workday 522 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 950 people are in Brushcreek 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.
The distance from Brushcreek Township to work
About 42% 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.
Brushcreek Township’s commute takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brushcreek Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 408 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.
12% of working residents work in Hillsboro
Where Brushcreek Township clocks in
12% of workers
5% 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.
Brushcreek Township works in goods: 38% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brushcreek Township, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 32. 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 Brushcreek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Brushcreek Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brushcreek Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 415 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). 8.9% of Brushcreek Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brushcreek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,304th of 5,877: where Brushcreek Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,302 | Locke NY | 1,893 | $69K | 21.2% | 0.6% | 2% | C− |
| 4,303 | Paint Township OH | 1,307 | $52K | 10.1% | 0.0% | <1% | C− |
| 4,304 | Brushcreek Township OH | 1,439 | $66K | 12.6% | 3.1% | <1% | C− |
| 4,305 | Tesuque NM | 1,079 | $56K | 18.4% | 19.5% | 4% | C− |
| 4,306 | Pleasant Grove OH | 1,436 | $54K | 22.1% | 2.1% | 1% | 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 Brushcreek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Brushcreek Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brushcreek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brushcreek Township | – | C− | B− | 34 min | $65,670 |
| Paint Township | under 2% | D | D | 34 min | $53,325 |
| Marshall Township | under 2% | D | D− | 44 min | $67,321 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Mifflin Township | under 2% | — | B | 47 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 55 min | $64,398 |
Same-state neighbors only. Perry Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brushcreek 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 Brushcreek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brushcreek Township?
$65,670 (±$13,963) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brushcreek Township?
12.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brushcreek Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brushcreek Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hillsboro (12%, 12 mi), Wilmington (5%, 30 mi), Columbus (5%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brushcreek Township walkable?
Brushcreek Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brushcreek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brushcreek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brushcreek 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.