Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Delaware Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 2% of workers (Ohio 13%). There are 78 jobs in Delaware Township, against 889 working residents. Delaware Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Delaware Township stands out on work
Delaware Township is a place people come home to
There are 78 jobs based in Delaware Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Delaware Township has about 1,200 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Delaware Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (17 to 24 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Few Delaware Township workers work from home
Only 2% 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 889 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Delaware Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Delaware Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Delaware Township’s grade up (5.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.2%) is left out: Delaware 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, Delaware Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Delaware Township by day and by night
On a workday 879 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Delaware Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Delaware Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 906 commuters (the 2% 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 Defiance
Where Delaware Township clocks in
10% 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.
The kinds of work in Delaware Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Delaware Township, 2013 → 2023: 93 → 78. 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 Delaware Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Delaware 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.
In Delaware Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Delaware Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 927 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 Delaware Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Delaware Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Delaware Township ranks: 1,315th of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 20 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,313 | Deerfield Township MI | 1,471 | $77K | 5.7% | 3.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,314 | Burlington Township MN | 1,718 | $106K | 4.0% | 1.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,315 | Delaware Township OH | 2,009 | $91K | 5.1% | 0.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,316 | Rio Verde AZ | 2,261 | $132K | 6.3% | 0.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,317 | Byers CO | 1,726 | $94K | 3.3% | 13.6% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Delaware Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Delaware Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Delaware Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Township | – | B+ | C | 30 min | $91,250 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B | D− | 23 min | $90,000 |
| Emerald Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Mark Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Noble Township | 2% | C− | B+ | 17 min | $66,563 |
Same-state neighbors only. Emerald Township and Mark Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Noble Township. Darker towns draw more of Delaware 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 Delaware Township: questions
What is the median household income in Delaware Township?
$91,250 (±$33,307) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Delaware Township?
5.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Delaware Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Delaware Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Defiance (18%, 8 mi), Bryan (10%, 12 mi), Hicksville (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Delaware Township walkable?
Delaware Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Delaware 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 Delaware Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Delaware 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.