Photo: Jaknouse · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Canaan Township has 2.6 jobs per working resident, and 1,570 people come in to work
Jobs and income earn Canaan Township C−; getting around on foot earns it D. 1,596 jobs are based in Canaan Township, against 614 working residents. Household incomes here are lower than in 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Canaan Township apart
Canaan Township is where the jobs are
Canaan Township has 1,596 jobs, 2.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,600 people are in town, 61% more than the 1,600 who live here. Day and night ↓
38% of Canaan Township works in Athens
232 working residents, 38%, have their main job in Athens, 5.4 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in Canaan Township itself. The commute map ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
38% of the jobs based in Canaan Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 22% of Canaan Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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 614 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Canaan Township
On income, poverty and job access, Canaan Township is better than 16% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Canaan Township’s grade.
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: Canaan Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Canaan Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Canaan Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 588 residents head out to work and 26 work right here.
About 2,600 people are in Canaan Township on a workday afternoon, 61% more 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’s workforce comes from
Where Canaan Township clocks in
38% 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.
What Canaan Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Canaan Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,132 → 1,596. 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.
Getting to work from Canaan Township takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 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 751 commuters (the 14% 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.
How far Canaan Township goes to work
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 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 13% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 872 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 85% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.5% 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.
Out of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200, Canaan Township comes 4,647th on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 26 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 50 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,645 | Eldorado TX | 1,457 | $69K | 13.5% | 4.0% | 24% | C− |
| 4,646 | Johnsburg NY | 2,132 | $61K | 10.5% | 3.6% | 31% | C− |
| 4,647 | Canaan Township OH | 1,599 | $58K | 14.7% | 3.4% | 4% | C− |
| 4,648 | Ocklawaha FL | 1,586 | $38K | 13.3% | 13.5% | 1% | C− |
| 4,649 | Ledbetter KY | 1,785 | $60K | 27.7% | 9.8% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | 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 Canaan Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Canaan Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Athens Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Canaan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canaan Township | – | C− | D | 23 min | $57,955 |
| Rome Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 28 min | $55,399 |
| Lodi Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 22 min | $89,583 |
| Ames Township | under 2% | C | B− | 27 min | $83,500 |
| Athens Township | 1% | C+ | A+ | 17 min | $48,696 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$57,955 (±$14,862) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Canaan Township?
14.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Canaan Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Canaan Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Athens (38%, 5 mi), Columbus (6%, 70 mi), The Plains (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Canaan Township walkable?
Canaan Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Canaan Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.