Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Center Township (5.4%) is higher than in 67% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Center Township is better than 29% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (A−). Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. About one in four work in Center Township itself; outside it, Carrollton draws the most (23%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Center Township, in brief
The quickest commute around
Center Township’s 20-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 26 to 41 minutes. Next door ↓
Center Township and Carrollton trade workers both ways
Carrollton is the top workplace for Center Township residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Center Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Center Township workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Why Center Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Center Township’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Center Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Where the trip to work from Center Township ends
Where Center Township clocks in
23% of workers
8% 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.
From Center Township, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 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 1,946 commuters (the 1% 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 a workday changes Center Township
On a workday 1,380 residents head out to work, 482 work right here, and 1,854 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Center Township on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Center Township
2,336 jobs are based in Center Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Center Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,708 → 2,336. 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 Center Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Center Township, by distance
About 18% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Center Township
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 7.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,971 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). 6.8% 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.
For jobs and income, Center Township is 2,888th of 3,908 U.S. towns of 3,100 to 5,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 57 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 65 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 86 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,886 | Rural Hall NC | 3,607 | $51K | 9.4% | 12.5% | 3% | C |
| 2,887 | Clintonville WI | 4,499 | $53K | 16.7% | 3.3% | 29% | C |
| 2,888 | Center Township OH | 4,390 | $68K | 14.6% | 5.4% | 26% | C |
| 2,889 | Pensacola Station FL | 5,281 | $72K | 20.8% | 2.0% | <1% | C |
| 2,890 | Washington GA | 3,638 | $54K | 18.2% | 1.1% | 20% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,908 | 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 Center Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Center Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Center Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center Township | – | C | A− | 20 min | $67,582 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | A− | D | 26 min | $71,542 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 30 min | $64,722 |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Union 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 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 Center Township: questions
What is the median household income in Center Township?
$67,582 (±$11,796) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Center Township?
14.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Center Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Center Township work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carrollton (23%, 1 mi), Canton (8%, 22 mi), Minerva (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Center Township walkable?
Center Township is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Center Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% 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), 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.