Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Camden Township have lower incomes than those in 74% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 4.7% of residents (Ohio 13.3%). Camden Township grades B for jobs and income and D for walkability. 3% of workers work from home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Camden Township at work: what stands out
Camden Township makes and builds things
87% of the jobs based in Camden Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Camden Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Camden Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Camden Township is Cleveland, 37 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (103) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Camden Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 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 737 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Camden Township
On income, poverty and job access, Camden Township is better than 61% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Camden Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($60,156, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Camden 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, Camden Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Goods jobs make up 87% of work in Camden Township
647 jobs are based in Camden Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Camden Township, 2013 → 2023: 693 → 647. 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 Camden Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Camden Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
The daily trip from Camden Township: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Camden Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 481 commuters (the 3% 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 daily flow of workers through Camden Township
On a workday 717 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 627 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Cleveland
Where Camden Township clocks in
14% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
Camden Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Camden Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. 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 3.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 495 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). 0.0% of Camden Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Camden Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Camden Township ranks: 1,363rd of 5,397 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,361 | Meggett SC | 1,484 | $98K | 11.0% | 2.0% | 6% | B |
| 1,362 | Detroit Township MN | 1,974 | $94K | 9.6% | 2.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,363 | Camden Township OH | 1,513 | $60K | 4.7% | 2.5% | 3% | B |
| 1,364 | Upper Fairfield Township PA | 1,798 | $79K | 6.1% | 0.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,365 | New Market TN | 1,431 | $72K | 7.5% | 3.4% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Camden Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Camden Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Pittsfield Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Camden Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camden Township | – | B | D | 30 min | $60,156 |
| Henrietta Township | under 3% | B− | C | 29 min | $71,597 |
| New Russia Township | under 3% | B+ | B | 27 min | $82,583 |
| Wakeman Township | under 3% | B | C+ | 27 min | $81,875 |
| Pittsfield Township | 2% | B− | C+ | 34 min | $73,000 |
| Brighton Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Clarksfield Township | under 3% | C | D− | 29 min | $72,917 |
Same-state neighbors only. Brighton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Camden 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 Camden Township: questions
What is the median household income in Camden Township?
$60,156 (±$20,190) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Camden Township?
4.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Camden Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Camden Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (14%, 36 mi), Elyria (9%, 14 mi), Oberlin (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Camden Township walkable?
Camden Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Camden Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Camden Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Camden 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.