Concord Hicksite Friends Meeting House · Photo: Bwsmith84 · CC BY 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Colerain Township works elsewhere
There are 269 jobs in Colerain Township, and 1,743 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Colerain Township is better than 31% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (D). Only 3% work in Colerain Township; the top destination outside it is Wheeling (15%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Colerain Township, in brief
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Colerain Township’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 30 minutes, longer than the Ohio average of 23. Time on the road ↓
Colerain Township is a place people come home to
There are 269 jobs based in Colerain Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Colerain Township has about 2,600 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Colerain Township
The poverty rate holds Colerain Township’s grade up (11.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Colerain Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Colerain Township’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Colerain Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,706 commuters (the 9% 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.
Colerain Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,692 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 218 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Colerain Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Commuting out of Colerain Township: the destinations
Where Colerain Township clocks in
15% of workers
8% 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.
In Colerain Township, 42% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Colerain Township, 2013 → 2023: 336 → 269. 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 Colerain Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Colerain Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 23% 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.
Getting around Colerain Township: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,885 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). 0.9% of Colerain Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Colerain Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Colerain Township is 3,034th of 4,283 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,500
| # | 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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| 56 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,032 | Jewett City CT | 3,456 | $56K | 13.9% | 5.3% | 3% | C |
| 3,033 | Horicon WI | 3,917 | $53K | 14.1% | 4.8% | 11% | C |
| 3,034 | Colerain Township OH | 4,061 | $70K | 11.0% | 5.1% | 3% | C |
| 3,035 | Cherokee IA | 5,122 | $62K | 18.5% | 2.4% | 38% | C |
| 3,036 | Parkesburg PA | 3,976 | $76K | 17.4% | 9.0% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,283 | 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 Colerain Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Colerain Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Colerain Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colerain Township | – | C | D | 30 min | $69,821 |
| Pease Township | under 2% | D | B | 24 min | $50,755 |
| Richland Township | 8% | B | B | 22 min | $77,176 |
| Mount Pleasant Township | under 2% | C | B | 32 min | $71,571 |
| Wheeling Township | under 2% | C | D | 28 min | $53,512 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Richland Township. Darker towns draw more of Colerain 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 Colerain Township: questions
What is the median household income in Colerain Township?
$69,821 (±$16,218) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Colerain Township?
11.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Colerain Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Colerain Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wheeling (15%, 8 mi), Richland Township (8%, 5 mi), Martins Ferry (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Colerain Township walkable?
Colerain Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Colerain Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Colerain Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Colerain 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.