Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Dodson Township
4% of workers work from home (Ohio 13%). For jobs and income Dodson Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 6% work in Dodson Township; the top destination outside it is Hillsboro (12%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Dodson Township: the figures worth knowing
Dodson Township trades workers with the towns around it
Dodson Township has about as many jobs (925) as working residents (1,018), but they are mostly different people: 955 residents leave for work each day while 862 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Dodson Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Dodson Township makes and builds things
62% of the jobs based in Dodson Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Dodson Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
Dodson Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Dodson Township workers work from home
Only 4% 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.
Dodson Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Unemployment holds Dodson Township’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dodson Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Dodson Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 955 residents head out to work, 63 work right here, and 862 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 (0.91 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Goods, not services: 62% of the jobs in Dodson Township
925 jobs are based in Dodson Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dodson Township, 2013 → 2023: 877 → 925. 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 Dodson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Dodson Township’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dodson Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,191 commuters (the 4% 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.
Where Dodson Township’s working residents head each day
Where Dodson Township clocks in
12% of workers
11% of workers
5% 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.
How far it is to work from Dodson Township
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 Dodson Township, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,245 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). 2.0% of Dodson Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dodson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Dodson Township is 2,596th of 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,594 | Myerstown PA | 3,157 | $59K | 7.1% | 6.5% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,595 | Meadowlakes TX | 1,831 | $79K | 8.2% | 4.6% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,596 | Dodson Township OH | 2,587 | $70K | 8.9% | 3.6% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,597 | Victor ID | 2,589 | $77K | 14.2% | 1.0% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,598 | Dallas PA | 2,685 | $91K | 16.7% | 5.4% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | 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 Dodson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Dodson Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dodson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodson Township | – | C+ | C− | 31 min | $70,441 |
| Clark Township | under 2% | B | C | 35 min | $97,806 |
| Lynchburg | 4% | C | C+ | 33 min | $70,956 |
| Hamer Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Union Township | under 2% | B− | C | 35 min | $67,481 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | A− | D | 37 min | $98,773 |
| Salem Township | under 2% | — | — | 49 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hamer Township and Salem Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lynchburg. Darker towns draw more of Dodson 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 Dodson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dodson Township?
$70,441 (±$12,586) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dodson Township?
8.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dodson Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dodson Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hillsboro (12%, 10 mi), Wilmington (11%, 15 mi), Columbus (5%, 69 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dodson Township walkable?
Dodson Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dodson Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dodson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dodson 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.