Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Damascus Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Damascus Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (D). There are 57 jobs in Damascus Township, and 716 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Damascus Township; the top destination outside it is Napoleon (17%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Damascus Township, in brief
Damascus Township is a place people come home to
There are 57 jobs based in Damascus Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Damascus Township has about 1,200 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Damascus 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; with 716 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Damascus Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Damascus Township’s grade up ($75,500, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (3.0%) is left out: Damascus 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, Damascus Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
Damascus Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 713 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Damascus 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.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Damascus Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Damascus Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 769 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 Damascus Township’s working residents head each day
Where Damascus Township clocks in
17% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
The kinds of work in Damascus Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Damascus Township, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 57. 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 Damascus Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Damascus Township
About 21% 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.
Driving is how Damascus Township gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 856 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). 6.4% of Damascus Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Damascus Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Damascus Township is 2,632nd among 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,630 | Harrison Township IN | 2,268 | $61K | 13.4% | 1.5% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,631 | Cato NY | 2,401 | $80K | 11.8% | 5.0% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,632 | Damascus Township OH | 1,822 | $76K | 13.1% | 3.0% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,633 | Madison Township OH | 1,833 | $76K | 20.6% | 1.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,634 | Jackson Township OH | 1,907 | $77K | 9.5% | 2.1% | <1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Damascus Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Damascus Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Damascus Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damascus Township | – | C+ | D | 29 min | $75,500 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 28 min | $87,996 |
| Richfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | B | D− | 24 min | $68,355 |
| Weston Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 23 min | $66,031 |
Same-state neighbors only. Richfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Damascus 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 Damascus Township: questions
What is the median household income in Damascus Township?
$75,500 (±$29,492) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Damascus Township?
13.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Damascus Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Damascus Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Napoleon (17%, 10 mi), Bowling Green (5%, 15 mi), Wauseon (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Damascus Township walkable?
Damascus Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Damascus Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Damascus Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Damascus 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.