Photo: Bwsmith84 · CC BY 3.0Center Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Center Township B; getting around on foot earns it D−. 186 jobs are based in Center Township, and 393 of its residents work somewhere. 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Center Township
Where Center Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Center Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Center Township’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.5%) is left out: Center 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, Center Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
A commute of about 19 minutes in Center Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Center Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 553 commuters (the 0% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Center Township
On a workday 388 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 181 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Center Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 2024, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in Cambridge
Where Center Township clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Center Township, 2014 → 2024: 146 → 186. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Center Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Center Township works
About 26% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Center Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Center Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Center Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 553 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 Center Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Center Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Center Township ranks 779th of 3,133 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 35 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Granville South OH | 1,146 | $131K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 777 | Wolf River WI | 1,226 | $76K | 5.1% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| 778 | North Topsail Beach NC | 1,097 | $121K | 6.5% | 2.6% | 6% | B |
| 779 | Center Township OH | 1,067 | $89K | 4.0% | 0.5% | 1% | B |
| 780 | Harlem Heights FL | 1,122 | $57K | 4.9% | 7.6% | 3% | B |
| 781 | Riner VA | 1,038 | $106K | 9.8% | 0.0% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Center Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work next door: 15% of Center Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Caldwell (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Center Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center Township | – | B | D− | 19 min | $88,894 |
| Olive Township | 6% | B− | A− | 20 min | $55,028 |
| Noble Township | under 2% | C− | D | 22 min | $46,053 |
| Enoch Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Caldwell | 9% | C | A− | 23 min | $51,208 |
| Buffalo Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Marion Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Enoch Township, Buffalo Township and Marion Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Center 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 2024, 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 Center Township: questions
What is the median household income in Center Township?
$88,894 (±$70,063) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Center Township?
4.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Center Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Center Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cambridge (10%, 17 mi), Caldwell (9%, 4 mi), Jackson Township (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Center Township walkable?
Center Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Center 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 Center Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Center Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.