Photo: Jaknouse · CC BY-SA 3.0Dover Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C: better than 26% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #845 of 992 in Ohio.
Walkability B−: more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns · #456 of 993 in Ohio.
Household incomes here are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 20 minutes each way (Ohio 23, U.S. 26). Only 1% work in Dover Township; the top destination outside it is Athens (35%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Dover Township, in brief
Dover Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Dover Township went from 321 in 2013 to 508 in 2023, +58%. The jobs ↓
One in three of Dover Township works in Athens
410 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Athens, 8.4 miles away. That’s 35 times as many as work in Dover Township itself. The commute map ↓
Dover Township makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Dover Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Dover Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Dover Township pay little
28% of the jobs based in Dover Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Few Dover 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Dover Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dover Township is better than 26% of U.S. towns, #845 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Dover Township’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dover Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Dover Township makes things: 37% of its jobs are in goods
508 jobs are based in Dover Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dover Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dover Township, 2013 → 2023: 321 → 508. 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.
35% of working residents work in Athens
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Dover Township clocks in
35% of workers
6% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Ohio
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dover Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,277 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.
Dover Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,145 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 496 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Dover Township on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.44 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 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Dover Township commutes less than 13 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 28% 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.
Most trips from Dover Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dover Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #456 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,329 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 53% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.5% of Dover Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Dover Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dover Township is 3,305th of 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Dover Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 39 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 3,303 | Deenwood GA | 2,360 | $57K | 11.0% | 13.9% | 2% | C |
| 3,304 | LaGrange Township MI | 3,724 | $59K | 13.9% | 5.6% | 9% | C |
| 3,305 | Dover Township OH | 3,260 | $55K | 20.4% | 2.9% | 1% | C |
| 3,306 | Gregg Township PA | 3,594 | $80K | 39.8% | 10.8% | 3% | C |
| 3,307 | Corning AR | 3,065 | $50K | 14.8% | 2.1% | 26% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
Dover Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to York Township (1%). Darker towns draw more of Dover Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dover Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Township | – | C | B− | 20 min | $55,170 |
| Athens Township | under 1% | C+ | A+ | 17 min | $48,696 |
| Trimble Township | under 1% | C− | C | 32 min | $58,063 |
| York Township | 1% | D | B+ | 41 min | $56,208 |
| Ames Township | under 1% | C | B− | 27 min | $83,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Dover Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dover Township?
$55,170 (±$18,096) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dover Township?
20.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dover Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dover Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Athens (35%, 8 mi), Columbus (6%, 59 mi), Nelsonville (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dover Township walkable?
Dover Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dover Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dover Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dover 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.