Photo: Nyttend · Public domainClaibourne Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 6% work in Claibourne Township; the top destination outside it is Columbus (17%, 35 miles). Employers in Claibourne Township report 661 jobs; 1,677 of its residents have a job. Claibourne Township grades C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Claibourne Township apart
What’s behind Claibourne Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Claibourne Township is better than 41% of U.S. towns, #718 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Claibourne Township’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Claibourne Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Where in the region Claibourne Township works
About 15% 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.
Claibourne Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,577 residents head out to work, 100 work right here, and 561 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Claibourne Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Where the trip to work from Claibourne Township ends
Where Claibourne Township clocks in
17% of workers
14% 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.
What Claibourne Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Claibourne Township, 2013 → 2023: 651 → 661. 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 Claibourne Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Claibourne Township takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Claibourne Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,598 commuters (the 8% 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.
Most of Claibourne Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Claibourne Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #402 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,739 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). 6.1% of Claibourne Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Claibourne Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,514th of 4,112: where Claibourne Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600
| # | 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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| 54 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 62 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 85 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,512 | Walker Township IN | 3,853 | $92K | 5.0% | 11.8% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,513 | Porter Township MI | 3,946 | $80K | 10.7% | 6.7% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,514 | Claibourne Township OH | 4,151 | $66K | 9.8% | 4.8% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,515 | Wooster Township OH | 4,603 | $70K | 10.0% | 6.8% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,516 | Hannahs Mill GA | 3,230 | $70K | 11.7% | 3.1% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | 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 Claibourne Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Claibourne Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Claibourne Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claibourne Township | – | C+ | B− | 27 min | $66,163 |
| Leesburg Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 29 min | $101,797 |
| York Township | under 2% | C | C | 36 min | $80,833 |
| Thompson Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 29 min | $92,625 |
| Prospect Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 29 min | $83,796 |
Same-state neighbors only. Thompson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Claibourne 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 Claibourne Township: questions
What is the median household income in Claibourne Township?
$66,163 (±$10,439) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Claibourne Township?
9.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Claibourne Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Claibourne Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (17%, 35 mi), Marysville (14%, 14 mi), Allen Township (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Claibourne Township walkable?
Claibourne Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Claibourne Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Claibourne Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Claibourne 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.