Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnemployment in Coal Township (15.3%) is among the highest in the country
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, against 13% across Ohio. For jobs and income Coal Township is better than 5% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (C). Household incomes here are lower than in 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Coal Township
Coal Township is a place people come home to
There are 90 jobs based in Coal Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Coal Township has about 1,400 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer than half of Coal Township workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Coal Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 14% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Few Coal Township workers work from home
Only 2% 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; with 642 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Coal Township’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Coal Township’s grade up (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coal Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
Coal Township by day and by night
On a workday 635 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Coal Township on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.14 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Jobs in Coal Township: what the 90 are
90 jobs are based in Coal Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coal Township, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 90. 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 Coal Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Coal Township: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coal Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 806 commuters (the 2% 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.
17% of working residents work in Jackson
Where Coal Township clocks in
17% 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.
Miles to work from Coal Township
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Coal Township walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 823 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). 12.1% of Coal Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Coal Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Coal Township sits among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 20 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 38 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 5,085 | Santa Clara NM | 1,592 | $58K | 23.4% | 6.2% | 6% | D− |
| 5,086 | Cherokee OK | 1,439 | $59K | 22.2% | 6.1% | 25% | D− |
| 5,087 | Coal Township OH | 1,986 | $56K | 26.6% | 15.3% | 1% | D− |
| 5,088 | Paxton Township OH | 1,869 | $46K | 18.6% | 7.2% | 5% | D− |
| 5,089 | Cove Creek NC | 1,629 | $53K | 22.6% | 1.0% | 2% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Coal Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door is work for 21% of Coal Township
The biggest share goes to Wellston (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coal Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Township | – | D− | C | 23 min | $55,647 |
| Lick Township | 4% | C | C− | 23 min | $46,078 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Wellston | 17% | C− | B− | 36 min | $56,193 |
| Milton Township | under 2% | — | D− | 20 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 40 min | $51,685 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | C− | D | 41 min | $64,670 |
Same-state neighbors only. Washington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coal 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 Coal Township: questions
What is the median household income in Coal Township?
$55,647 (±$11,489) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coal Township?
26.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coal Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coal Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (17%, 5 mi), Wellston (17%, 4 mi), Columbus (4%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coal Township walkable?
Coal Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coal Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coal Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coal 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.