Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Crawford Township works elsewhere
Only 3% work in Crawford Township; the top destination outside it is Coshocton (8%, 11 miles). Crawford Township has 149 jobs, against 774 working residents. For jobs and income Crawford Township is better than 51% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (B−).
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 Crawford Township
Fewer jobs are based in Crawford Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Crawford Township fell from 755 in 2013 to 149 in 2023, −80%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Crawford Township is a place people come home to
There are 149 jobs based in Crawford Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Crawford Township has about 1,300 people in it, 32% 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; with 774 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Crawford Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Crawford Township’s grade up (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.4%) is left out: Crawford 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, Crawford Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
A place that makes things: 54% of Crawford Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crawford Township, 2013 → 2023: 755 → 149. 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 Crawford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Crawford Township
On a workday 752 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Crawford Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 places Crawford Township commutes to
Where Crawford Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
About 25 minutes to work from Crawford Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crawford Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 753 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 commute from Crawford Township, by distance
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.
Few in Crawford Township walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 27.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 2.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 870 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). 57.5% of Crawford Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Crawford Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Crawford Township is 2,177th of 5,509 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 2,175 | Bradford NH | 1,723 | $108K | 9.6% | 1.2% | 12% | B− |
| 2,176 | Gallatin NY | 1,616 | $89K | 6.8% | 12.1% | 1% | B− |
| 2,177 | Crawford Township OH | 1,971 | $80K | 5.8% | 0.4% | 3% | B− |
| 2,178 | Milford Township PA | 1,962 | $66K | 6.9% | 2.3% | 4% | B− |
| 2,179 | Boggs Township PA | 2,686 | $68K | 11.3% | 1.9% | 12% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Crawford Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Crawford Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crawford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford Township | – | B− | B− | 25 min | $79,868 |
| Clark Township | 3% | A− | B+ | 23 min | $71,346 |
| Mill Creek Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 25 min | $120,833 |
| White Eyes Township | 2% | D | C− | 29 min | $34,727 |
| Bucks Township | under 2% | B | B | 18 min | $72,902 |
| Keene Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 19 min | $72,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Clark Township. Darker towns draw more of Crawford 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 Crawford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Crawford Township?
$79,868 (±$24,845) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crawford Township?
5.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crawford Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crawford Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coshocton (8%, 11 mi), Columbus (7%, 71 mi), Sugarcreek (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crawford Township walkable?
Crawford Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 28% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crawford Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 58% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crawford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crawford 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.