Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Canaan Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Employers in Canaan Township report 936 jobs for 2,115 working residents. Jobs and income earn Canaan Township B+; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 7% stay in Canaan Township for work; outside it, Wooster is the main destination (20%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The four measures behind Canaan Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Canaan Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #355 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment is its strongest input (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($76,431, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Canaan Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
How many people are in Canaan Township by day
On a workday 1,965 residents head out to work, 150 work right here, and 786 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Canaan Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Where Canaan Township goes to work
Where Canaan Township clocks in
5% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 33% of the jobs in Canaan Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Canaan Township, 2013 → 2023: 744 → 936. 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 Canaan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Canaan Township, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Canaan Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,067 commuters (the 12% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Canaan Township
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.
For most of Canaan Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Canaan Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #555 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,358 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). 1.9% of Canaan Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Canaan Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Canaan Township places 1,140th of 3,696 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,600 to 7,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 34 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 47 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 63 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,138 | Brighton Township IL | 3,826 | $92K | 7.7% | 2.9% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,139 | Johnson Township IN | 3,661 | $84K | 7.1% | 1.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,140 | Canaan Township OH | 5,185 | $76K | 8.3% | 2.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,141 | Clinton Township OH | 4,003 | $93K | 8.8% | 1.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,142 | Washington Township PA | 5,222 | $86K | 3.4% | 4.8% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,696 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Canaan Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Canaan Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Canaan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canaan Township | – | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $76,431 |
| Congress Township | under 3% | B | C+ | 29 min | $71,958 |
| Burbank | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Milton Township | under 3% | B | C+ | 20 min | $69,401 |
| Wayne Township | under 3% | B+ | B+ | 18 min | $84,746 |
| Westfield Township | under 3% | A | D | 25 min | $98,413 |
Same-state neighbors only. Burbank: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Canaan 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 Canaan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Canaan Township?
$76,431 (±$10,215) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Canaan Township?
8.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Canaan Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Canaan Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wooster (20%, 9 mi), Medina (5%, 14 mi), Orrville (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Canaan Township walkable?
Canaan Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Canaan 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 Canaan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Canaan 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.