Photo: Nyttend · Public domainColebrook Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Colebrook Township report 76 jobs, and 424 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Colebrook Township C+; getting around on foot earns it D−. 3% of workers work from home (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Colebrook Township and work: the main findings
Colebrook Township is a place people come home to
There are 76 jobs based in Colebrook Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Colebrook Township has about 800 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Colebrook Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Colebrook Township workers work from home
Only 3% 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 424 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Colebrook Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Colebrook Township is better than 37% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Colebrook Township’s grade up (8.1%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($60,455, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (3.0%) is left out: Colebrook 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, Colebrook Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
A workday in Colebrook Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 419 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Colebrook Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
The trip to work from Colebrook Township: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Colebrook Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 407 commuters (the 3% 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.
8% of working residents work in Orwell Township
Where Colebrook Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
A place that makes things: 36% of Colebrook Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Colebrook Township, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 76. 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 Colebrook Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Colebrook Township goes to work
About 16% 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.
Most of Colebrook Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Colebrook Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Colebrook 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 420 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). 9.1% of Colebrook Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Colebrook Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Colebrook Township comes 2,055th 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 41 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 48 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 55 | Coldstream OH | 1,540 | $232K | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,053 | West Salem OH | 1,430 | $62K | 13.9% | 3.2% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,054 | Baker Township KS | 1,264 | $73K | 5.9% | 2.8% | 31% | C+ |
| 2,055 | Colebrook Township OH | 1,149 | $60K | 8.1% | 3.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,056 | Waleska GA | 1,042 | $56K | 6.5% | 5.1% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,057 | Connelly Springs NC | 1,550 | $55K | 9.2% | 10.9% | 0% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Colebrook Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Colebrook Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Orwell Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Colebrook Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colebrook Township | – | C+ | D− | 36 min | $60,455 |
| Greene Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Orwell Township | 8% | D | C | 37 min | $46,069 |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| New Lyme Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 33 min | $54,915 |
Same-state neighbors only. Greene Township and Wayne Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Colebrook 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 Colebrook Township: questions
What is the median household income in Colebrook Township?
$60,455 (±$21,134) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Colebrook Township?
8.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Colebrook Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Colebrook Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orwell Township (8%, 6 mi), Orwell (7%, 6 mi), Middlefield (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Colebrook Township walkable?
Colebrook Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Colebrook Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Colebrook Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Colebrook 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.