Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Deerfield Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Deerfield Township grades C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. There are 30 jobs in Deerfield Township; 420 of its residents have a job. 2% of workers work from home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Deerfield Township in brief
Deerfield Township is a place people come home to
There are 30 jobs based in Deerfield Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Deerfield Township has about 670 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Deerfield Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 146 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (27 to 39 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Few Deerfield Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 420 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Deerfield Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Deerfield Township is better than 21% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Deerfield Township’s grade up ($78,906, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (22.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: Deerfield 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, Deerfield Township could be anywhere from D− to B−.
How many people are in Deerfield Township by day
On a workday 418 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Deerfield Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
How long Deerfield Township spends getting to work: about 42 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deerfield Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 576 commuters (the 3% 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.
18% of working residents work in Chillicothe
Where Deerfield Township clocks in
18% of workers
12% of workers
11% 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.
Jobs in Deerfield Township: what the 30 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deerfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 30. 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 Deerfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Deerfield Township’s workers travel
About 19% 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 Deerfield Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Deerfield Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 591 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). 24.0% of Deerfield Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Deerfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Deerfield Township is 2,076th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 35 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Granville South OH | 1,146 | $131K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,074 | Frankfort ME | 1,248 | $80K | 16.4% | 1.6% | 1% | C− |
| 2,075 | Hawes Township MI | 1,111 | $68K | 10.2% | 5.5% | 3% | C− |
| 2,076 | Deerfield Township OH | 1,059 | $79K | 22.3% | 2.4% | <1% | C− |
| 2,077 | Mancos CO | 1,266 | $66K | 10.7% | 2.4% | 21% | C− |
| 2,078 | Coon Rapids IA | 1,251 | $76K | 14.6% | 2.0% | 21% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Deerfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
14% of Deerfield Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Union Township (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Deerfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield Township | – | C− | C− | 42 min | $78,906 |
| Union Township | 12% | C+ | D | 31 min | $81,069 |
| Concord Township | 2% | B | D− | 27 min | $75,000 |
| Deercreek Township | under 2% | C | C− | 37 min | $65,385 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 33 min | $70,000 |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | C | D− | 39 min | $63,651 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Deerfield 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 Deerfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Deerfield Township?
$78,906 (±$53,549) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deerfield Township?
22.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deerfield Township?
42 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deerfield Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chillicothe (18%, 13 mi), Union Township (12%, 7 mi), Green Township (11%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Deerfield Township walkable?
Deerfield Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Deerfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deerfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deerfield 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.