Photo: Wdzinc · CC BY-SA 3.0College Township has higher household incomes than 77% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 12.4% of residents, where Ohio as a whole has 13.3%. Jobs and income earn College Township B; getting around on foot earns it A−. About one in seven work in College Township; the top destination outside it is Mount Vernon (20%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets College Township apart on work
College Township and Mount Vernon trade workers both ways
Mount Vernon is the top workplace for College Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in College Township come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from College Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. 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 626 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How College Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, College Township is better than 56% of U.S. towns, #548 of 992 in Ohio. Household income holds College Township’s grade up ($100,882, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, College Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
Where College Township’s working residents head each day
Where College Township clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
College Township’s commute takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of College Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 912 commuters (the 13% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of College Township
On a workday 546 residents head out to work, 80 work right here, and 778 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in College Township
858 jobs are based in College Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in College Township, 2013 → 2023: 867 → 858. 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 College Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles College Township commutes
About 25% 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.
In College Township, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, College Township is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #92 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 51.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,050 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). 3.9% of College Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of College Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, College Township is 1,974th among 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 30 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,972 | Sparta Township IN | 2,846 | $82K | 10.8% | 3.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,973 | Milford NY | 2,748 | $73K | 6.8% | 1.8% | 8% | B |
| 1,974 | College Township OH | 2,586 | $101K | 12.4% | 3.5% | 13% | B |
| 1,975 | Le Center MN | 2,524 | $81K | 5.0% | 5.2% | 18% | B |
| 1,976 | Twin Township OH | 3,378 | $58K | 5.6% | 0.5% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | 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 College Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around College Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Monroe Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | College Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College Township | – | B | A− | 18 min | $100,882 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | A | D | 23 min | $124,119 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Monroe Township | 1% | B− | C− | 20 min | $82,218 |
Same-state neighbors only. Harrison Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of College 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 College Township: questions
What is the median household income in College Township?
$100,882 (±$35,466) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in College Township?
12.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from College Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in College Township work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (20%, 5 mi), Gambier (13%, 0 mi), Columbus (10%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is College Township walkable?
College Township is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 51% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around College Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from College Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of College 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.