Photo: Will Maupin · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Chippewa Township works elsewhere
Chippewa Township has 997 jobs, against 3,696 working residents. For jobs and income Chippewa Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (C). Only 7% work in Chippewa Township itself; outside it, Wadsworth draws the most (7%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Chippewa Township
The four measures behind Chippewa Township’s grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.6%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($80,440, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chippewa Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
The places Chippewa Township commutes to
Where Chippewa Township clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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 daily flow of workers through Chippewa Township
On a workday 3,424 residents head out to work, 272 work right here, and 725 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,200 people are in Chippewa Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
What Chippewa Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chippewa Township, 2013 → 2023: 838 → 997. 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 Chippewa Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Chippewa Township: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chippewa Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,360 commuters (the 6% 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 Chippewa Township
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 Chippewa Township, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,640 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). 4.7% of Chippewa Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Chippewa Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Chippewa Township is 657th of 2,761 U.S. towns of 6,900 to 13,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 5 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 655 | Pitman NJ | 8,961 | $98K | 3.1% | 5.4% | 6% | A− |
| 656 | Sagamore Hills Township OH | 10,868 | $91K | 8.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A− |
| 657 | Chippewa Township OH | 9,853 | $80K | 4.6% | 2.7% | 7% | A− |
| 658 | East Renton Highlands WA | 12,582 | $143K | 3.1% | 6.0% | 1% | A− |
| 659 | Cheat Lake WV | 10,902 | $117K | 6.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,761 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Chippewa Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Chippewa Township
The biggest share goes to Norton (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chippewa Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chippewa Township | – | A− | C | 23 min | $80,440 |
| Rittman | under 3% | C | B− | 28 min | $60,154 |
| Baughman Township | under 3% | A− | C+ | 21 min | $76,705 |
| Marshallville | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Clinton | under 3% | A− | C− | 24 min | $76,689 |
| New Franklin | under 3% | A− | C | 25 min | $90,244 |
| Milton Township | under 3% | B | C+ | 20 min | $69,401 |
| Norton | 4% | A− | C | 23 min | $90,464 |
Same-state neighbors only. Marshallville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chippewa 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 Chippewa Township: questions
What is the median household income in Chippewa Township?
$80,440 (±$11,251) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chippewa Township?
4.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chippewa Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chippewa Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wadsworth (7%, 6 mi), Wooster (7%, 15 mi), Doylestown (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chippewa Township walkable?
Chippewa Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chippewa Township without a car?
<1% 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 Chippewa Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chippewa 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.