Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Darby Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
The two grades for Darby Township are A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. 240 jobs are based in Darby Township; 1,671 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Darby Township itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (38%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Darby Township and work: the main findings
Darby Township is a place people come home to
There are 240 jobs based in Darby Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Darby Township has about 2,000 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
38% of Darby Township works in Columbus
629 working residents, 38%, have their main job in Columbus, 20 miles away. That’s 13 times as many as work in Darby Township itself. The commute map ↓
Darby Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 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.
The figures behind Darby Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Darby Township is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #316 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Darby Township’s grade up (2.4%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Darby Township could be anywhere from C to A+.
Who leaves Darby Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,629 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Darby 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Darby Township goes to work
Where Darby Township clocks in
38% of workers
8% of workers
2% 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 daily trip from Darby Township: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Darby Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,460 commuters (the 7% 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.
Darby Township makes things: 65% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Darby Township, 2013 → 2023: 268 → 240. 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 Darby Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Darby Township, by distance
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.
The commute in Darby Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Darby Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns, #854 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.1% 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 1,577 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). 0.0% of Darby Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Darby Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Darby Township places 987th of 4,402 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 985 | Brices Creek NC | 3,415 | $86K | 3.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 986 | Twinsburg Township OH | 3,879 | $129K | 9.7% | 4.7% | 2% | A− |
| 987 | Darby Township OH | 3,388 | $93K | 11.2% | 2.4% | 3% | A− |
| 988 | Penn Township PA | 2,937 | $81K | 3.7% | 2.8% | 5% | A− |
| 989 | Woodbridge CA | 4,144 | $94K | 9.0% | 2.9% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | 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 Darby Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Darby Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Darby Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darby Township | – | A− | D | 28 min | $93,419 |
| Scioto Township | under 2% | A+ | D | 28 min | $94,663 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 30 min | $100,000 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | A | D | 27 min | $90,288 |
| Orient | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Muhlenberg Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | A | D− | 52 min | $110,179 |
| Harrisburg | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Orient and Harrisburg: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Muhlenberg Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Darby 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 Darby Township: questions
What is the median household income in Darby Township?
$93,419 (±$25,640) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Darby Township?
11.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Darby Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Darby Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (38%, 20 mi), Grove City (8%, 10 mi), Dublin (2%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Darby Township walkable?
Darby Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Darby Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Darby Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Darby 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.