Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Cynthian Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Cynthian Township report 176 jobs for 1,025 working residents. For jobs and income Cynthian Township is better than 33% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (D). Only 1% work in Cynthian Township itself; outside it, Sidney draws the most (16%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Cynthian Township apart on work
The four measures behind Cynthian Township’s grade
Unemployment holds Cynthian Township’s grade up (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (24.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cynthian Township could be anywhere from D to A.
The daily commute in and out of Cynthian Township
On a workday 1,012 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Cynthian Township on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Cynthian Township’s working residents head each day
Where Cynthian Township clocks in
16% of workers
8% 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: 40% of Cynthian Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cynthian Township, 2014 → 2024: 168 → 176. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cynthian Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Cynthian Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cynthian Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,238 commuters (the 10% 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.
Where in the region Cynthian Township works
About 15% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Cynthian Township is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,376 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). 1.0% of Cynthian Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Cynthian Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700, Cynthian Township comes 3,237th on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 20 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,235 | Somerville TX | 1,517 | $66K | 12.3% | 1.8% | 7% | C |
| 3,236 | Narrows VA | 2,036 | $63K | 7.1% | 1.3% | 2% | C |
| 3,237 | Cynthian Township OH | 2,008 | $65K | 24.4% | 3.3% | 1% | C |
| 3,238 | Freedom Township OH | 2,678 | $71K | 17.9% | 7.5% | 2% | C |
| 3,239 | Greenport NY | 2,590 | $81K | 9.3% | 7.3% | 16% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Cynthian Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Cynthian Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Loramie Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cynthian Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cynthian Township | – | C | D | 20 min | $64,975 |
| McLean Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 18 min | $93,333 |
| Patterson Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 20 min | $100,948 |
| Loramie Township | 2% | C+ | D | 24 min | $88,523 |
| Turtle Creek Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 33 min | $84,375 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 15 min | $95,603 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cynthian 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 2024, 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 Cynthian Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cynthian Township?
$64,975 (±$32,668) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cynthian Township?
24.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cynthian Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cynthian Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sidney (16%, 10 mi), Fort Loramie (8%, 4 mi), Minster (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Cynthian Township walkable?
Cynthian Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cynthian Township without a car?
<1% 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 Cynthian Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cynthian Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.