Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Congress Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Congress Township report 525 jobs, against 1,697 working residents. For jobs and income Congress Township is better than 58% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (C+). Only 6% stay in Congress Township for work; outside it, Wooster is the main destination (18%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Congress Township
Congress Township makes and builds things
64% of the jobs based in Congress Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Congress Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
Congress Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical 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.
Why Congress Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car holds Congress Township’s grade up (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($71,958, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Congress Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Factories, building and farms: 64% of the jobs in Congress Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Congress Township, 2013 → 2023: 282 → 525. 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 Congress Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Congress Township: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Congress Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,607 commuters (the 6% 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 daily flow of workers through Congress Township
On a workday 1,601 residents head out to work, 96 work right here, and 429 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Congress Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 Congress Township’s working residents head each day
Where Congress Township clocks in
6% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Congress Township
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.
For most of Congress Township, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,706 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). 8.7% of Congress Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Congress Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Congress Township ranks: 1,783rd of 4,000 U.S. towns of 3,100 to 6,000
| # | 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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| 57 | 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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| 87 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,781 | Laguna Beach FL | 3,830 | $77K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 4% | B |
| 1,782 | Montgomery Township IN | 4,039 | $68K | 7.4% | 2.2% | 11% | B |
| 1,783 | Congress Township OH | 4,460 | $72K | 8.7% | 3.8% | 6% | B |
| 1,784 | Red Rock AZ | 3,277 | $80K | 5.1% | 2.3% | 1% | B |
| 1,785 | Coal City IL | 5,831 | $73K | 4.4% | 6.1% | 10% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,000 | 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 Congress Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Congress Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Chester Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Congress Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congress Township | – | B | C+ | 29 min | $71,958 |
| Canaan Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $76,431 |
| Burbank | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | D | D− | 35 min | $79,172 |
| Chester Township | 3% | B | C | 26 min | $73,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Burbank: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Congress 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 Congress Township: questions
What is the median household income in Congress Township?
$71,958 (±$18,033) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Congress Township?
8.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Congress Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Congress Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wooster (18%, 11 mi), Medina (6%, 17 mi), West Salem (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Congress Township walkable?
Congress Township is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Congress 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 Congress Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Congress 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.