More people are out of work in Defiance Township (5.3%) than in 65% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, against 13% across Ohio. Defiance Township grades C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in five stay in Defiance Township for work; outside it, Defiance is the main destination (34%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Defiance Township apart on work
Defiance Township and Defiance trade workers both ways
Defiance is the top workplace for Defiance Township residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Defiance Township come from (32% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Defiance Township trades workers with the towns around it
Defiance Township has about as many jobs (4,898) as working residents (5,770), but they are mostly different people: 4,458 residents leave for work each day while 3,586 people come in. Only 27% of the jobs in Defiance Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Defiance Township makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Defiance Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Defiance Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 35%. The jobs ↓
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 four measures behind Defiance Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Defiance Township is better than 27% of U.S. towns, #842 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Defiance Township’s grade up (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Defiance Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Out of Defiance Township to work: where people go
Where Defiance Township clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
Defiance Township by day and by night
On a workday 4,458 residents head out to work, 1,312 work right here, and 3,586 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Defiance Township makes things: 41% of its jobs are in goods
4,898 jobs are based in Defiance Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Defiance Township, 2014 → 2024: 4,873 → 4,898. 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 Defiance Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Defiance Township spends getting to work: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Defiance Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,909 commuters (the 6% 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.
How far it is to work from Defiance Township
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Defiance Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Defiance Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #552 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Defiance 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 6,292 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). 3.8% of Defiance Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Defiance Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000, Defiance Township ranks 2,049th of 2,526 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 4 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,047 | Hobe Sound FL | 13,817 | $63K | 15.7% | 6.4% | 9% | C |
| 2,048 | North Bend OR | 9,966 | $81K | 14.0% | 6.5% | 23% | C |
| 2,049 | Defiance Township OH | 13,305 | $66K | 16.1% | 5.3% | 23% | C |
| 2,050 | Oskaloosa IA | 11,493 | $64K | 16.6% | 4.8% | 31% | C |
| 2,051 | Uvalde TX | 15,455 | $51K | 23.9% | 1.4% | 36% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Defiance Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Defiance Township
The biggest share goes to Richland Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Defiance Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defiance Township | – | C | C+ | 19 min | $66,082 |
| Noble Township | 2% | C− | B+ | 17 min | $66,563 |
| Auglaize Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 26 min | $61,020 |
| Richland Township | 3% | A− | C− | 18 min | $89,362 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Defiance 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 Defiance Township: questions
What is the median household income in Defiance Township?
$66,082 (±$9,094) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Defiance Township?
16.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Defiance Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Defiance Township work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Defiance (34%, 3 mi), Napoleon (6%, 18 mi), Bryan (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Defiance Township walkable?
Defiance Township is more walkable than 40% 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 Defiance Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Defiance Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Defiance 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.