Benajah Wolcott House · Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Danbury Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Danbury Township has 999 jobs; 1,864 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Danbury Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C+. About one in five work in Danbury Township itself; outside it, Port Clinton draws the most (8%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Inside Danbury Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Danbury Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns, #690 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Danbury Township’s grade up (6.2%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Danbury Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
Danbury Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,516 residents head out to work, 348 work right here, and 651 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Danbury Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 the trip to work from Danbury Township ends
Where Danbury Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
What Danbury Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Danbury Township, 2013 → 2023: 948 → 999. 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 Danbury Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Danbury Township: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Danbury Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,728 commuters (the 12% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Danbury Township
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.
Most trips from Danbury Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Danbury Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #504 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Danbury Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,955 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). 4.9% of Danbury Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Danbury Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Danbury Township places 2,309th of 3,840 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,600
| # | 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 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 33 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 60 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 66 | Sharon Township OH | 6,117 | $126K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 2,307 | Marion Township IN | 4,065 | $68K | 11.5% | 5.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,308 | Fenton NY | 6,206 | $73K | 12.2% | 4.7% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,309 | Danbury Township OH | 4,859 | $76K | 6.2% | 6.0% | 19% | C+ |
| 2,310 | Conemaugh Township PA | 6,563 | $75K | 5.4% | 8.9% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,311 | Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) AZ | 6,356 | $81K | 11.9% | 2.6% | 11% | C+ |
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| 3,840 | 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 Danbury Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 14% of Danbury Township
The biggest share goes to Sandusky (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Danbury Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danbury Township | – | C+ | C+ | 26 min | $75,575 |
| Catawba Island Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 30 min | $92,438 |
| Sandusky | 7% | D | A+ | 18 min | $50,139 |
| Margaretta Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 24 min | $78,333 |
| Portage Township | 7% | B− | C | 42 min | $85,325 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Danbury 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 Danbury Township: questions
What is the median household income in Danbury Township?
$75,575 (±$7,332) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Danbury Township?
6.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Danbury Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Danbury Township work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Port Clinton (8%, 10 mi), Sandusky (7%, 5 mi), Portage Township (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Danbury Township walkable?
Danbury Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Danbury Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Danbury Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Danbury 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.