Photo: Nyttend · Public domainCarroll Township has lower unemployment (1.2%) than 93% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Carroll Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D. For 5% of workers, the job is at home; Ohio has 13%. Only 5% stay in Carroll Township for work; outside it, Port Clinton is the main destination (8%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Carroll Township in brief
Stores, warehouses and trucking
76% of the jobs in Carroll Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Carroll Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
83% of the jobs based in Carroll Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 61% of the jobs Carroll Township residents hold. 94% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Carroll Township. 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 966 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Carroll Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Carroll Township is better than 71% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Carroll Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 40% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Carroll Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
83% of the jobs in Carroll Township pay over $3,333 a month
699 jobs are based in Carroll Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carroll Township, 2013 → 2023: 836 → 699. 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 Carroll Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Carroll Township by day and by night
On a workday 922 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 655 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Carroll Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Carroll Township’s working residents head each day
Where Carroll Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
The trip to work from Carroll Township: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carroll Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,077 commuters (the 5% 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.
Miles to work from Carroll Township
About 24% 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.
In Carroll Township, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,133 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). 5.1% of Carroll Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Carroll Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,793 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800, Carroll Township comes 1,221st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 20 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 38 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,219 | Webster NH | 1,972 | $107K | 9.6% | 0.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,220 | Pavilion NY | 2,254 | $86K | 9.5% | 1.8% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,221 | Carroll Township OH | 2,066 | $75K | 6.2% | 1.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,222 | Patterson Township OH | 1,422 | $101K | 5.2% | 0.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,223 | Marion Township PA | 1,962 | $80K | 6.4% | 3.2% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Carroll Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Carroll Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Carroll Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Township | – | B+ | D | 23 min | $74,625 |
| Salem Township | 5% | B+ | C− | 25 min | $61,962 |
| Erie Township | under 3% | C | C | 22 min | $50,046 |
| Benton Township | under 3% | A | C+ | 23 min | $115,660 |
| Jerusalem Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 32 min | $92,589 |
| Put-in-Bay Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Put-in-Bay Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Salem Township. Darker towns draw more of Carroll 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 Carroll Township: questions
What is the median household income in Carroll Township?
$74,625 (±$4,987) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carroll Township?
6.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carroll Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carroll Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Port Clinton (8%, 11 mi), Toledo (7%, 25 mi), Oak Harbor (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Carroll Township walkable?
Carroll Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Carroll Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carroll Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carroll 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.