Photo: Nyttend · Public domainDarby Township has higher household incomes than 93% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Darby Township A−; getting around on foot earns it D. Poverty touches 1.6% of residents, against 13.3% across Ohio. Only 2% work in Darby Township itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (27%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Darby Township and work: the main findings
Darby Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Darby Township is Columbus, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (338) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Darby Township
23% of Darby Township workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
Darby Township is a place people come home to
There are 314 jobs based in Darby Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Darby Township has about 1,900 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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 81% of U.S. towns, #256 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Darby Township’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (7.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Darby Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Darby Township
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.
How long Darby Township spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 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 852 commuters (the 23% 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.
Who works in Darby Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,245 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 289 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Darby Township on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.25 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 the trip to work from Darby Township ends
Where Darby Township clocks in
27% of workers
10% 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 the 314 jobs in Darby Township are
314 jobs are based in Darby Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Darby Township, 2014 → 2024: 167 → 314. 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 Darby Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Darby Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Darby Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #883 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Darby 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 1,108 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). 0.9% 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.
Among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800, Darby Township ranks 749th of 4,703 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 747 | Manlius Township MI | 3,433 | $89K | 6.1% | 0.6% | 3% | A− |
| 748 | McLean Township OH | 3,521 | $93K | 5.3% | 1.7% | 12% | A− |
| 749 | Darby Township OH | 2,813 | $135K | 1.6% | 7.1% | 2% | A− |
| 750 | Mukwa WI | 2,793 | $105K | 5.1% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| 751 | North Plains OR | 3,414 | $118K | 2.9% | 6.4% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 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 Darby Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Bordering towns draw 13% of Darby Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Marysville (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Darby Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darby Township | – | A− | D | 25 min | $134,773 |
| Paris Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $92,127 |
| Union Township | under 2% | A | D− | 25 min | $108,438 |
| Jerome Township | 3% | A+ | D | 29 min | $175,797 |
| Marysville | 10% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $92,619 |
| Millcreek Township | under 2% | A+ | B− | 23 min | $151,434 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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 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 Darby Township: questions
What is the median household income in Darby Township?
$134,773 (±$33,432) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Darby Township?
1.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Darby Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Darby Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (27%, 22 mi), Marysville (10%, 4 mi), Dublin (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Darby Township walkable?
Darby Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 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 1% 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), 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.