Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Cass Township works elsewhere
32% of workers work from home (Ohio 13%). Employers in Cass Township report 157 jobs for 438 working residents. For jobs and income Cass Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Cass Township: the gist
43% of Cass Township works in Findlay
189 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Findlay, 6.2 miles away. That’s 43 times as many as work in Cass Township itself. The commute map ↓
A lot of Cass Township works from home
32% of Cass Township workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. 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 438 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Cass Township’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Cass Township’s grade up (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($60,329, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Cass 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, Cass Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
43% of working residents work in Findlay
Where Cass Township clocks in
43% of workers
3% 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.
Time on the road from Cass Township: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cass Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 453 commuters (the 32% 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.
Cass Township by day and by night
On a workday 433 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in Cass 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.
Goods, not services: 52% of the jobs in Cass Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cass Township, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 157. 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 Cass Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Cass Township goes to work
About 21% 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 Cass Township, work means a drive
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 667 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). 3.1% of Cass Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cass Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Cass Township ranks: 2,534th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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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| 41 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 55 | Coldstream OH | 1,540 | $232K | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,532 | Fremont Township MI | 1,511 | $75K | 13.2% | 4.3% | 5% | C |
| 2,533 | Fulton NY | 1,205 | $76K | 10.0% | 0.8% | 3% | C |
| 2,534 | Cass Township OH | 1,212 | $60K | 14.4% | 0.0% | 1% | C |
| 2,535 | Fitchville Township OH | 1,000 | $76K | 19.1% | 0.0% | <1% | C |
| 2,536 | Middlebury Township PA | 1,284 | $62K | 6.2% | 8.7% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Cass Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Cass Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Allen Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cass Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass Township | – | C | C− | 19 min | $60,329 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | A | C | 22 min | $100,865 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 22 min | $76,169 |
| Allen Township | 4% | A− | C | 16 min | $104,229 |
| Bloom Township | under 2% | B− | D | 22 min | $74,000 |
| Bloomdale | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bloomdale: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cass 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 Cass Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cass Township?
$60,329 (±$32,930) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cass Township?
14.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cass Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cass Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Findlay (43%, 6 mi), Allen Township (4%, 4 mi), Toledo (3%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cass Township walkable?
Cass Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cass Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cass Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cass 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.