Photo: Nyttend · Public domainDover Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
For jobs and income Dover Township is better than 78% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (B). Employers in Dover Township report 267 jobs for 757 working residents. Measured by household income, Dover Township is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Dover Township apart on work
Dover Township and Wauseon trade workers both ways
Wauseon is the top workplace for Dover Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Dover Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Dover Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Dover Township fell from 367 in 2013 to 267 in 2023, −27%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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 757 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Dover Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Dover Township’s grade up (4.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Dover Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Dover Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
19% of working residents work in Wauseon
Where Dover Township clocks in
19% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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.
46% of the jobs in Dover Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dover Township, 2013 → 2023: 367 → 267. 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 Dover Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Dover Township by day and by night
On a workday 735 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 245 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Dover Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 Dover Township spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 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 737 commuters (the 9% 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.
The distance from Dover Township to work
About 16% 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 Dover Township, the car does most of the work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 808 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). 7.4% of Dover Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dover Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dover Township next to U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100: 709th of 5,794 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 25 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 707 | Acoma Township MN | 1,135 | $126K | 2.6% | 4.6% | 1% | A− |
| 708 | Mason NH | 1,460 | $111K | 4.7% | 2.7% | 7% | A− |
| 709 | Dover Township OH | 1,572 | $100K | 4.3% | 4.4% | 3% | A− |
| 710 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| 711 | Whitewater WI | 1,423 | $93K | 4.7% | 0.9% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Dover Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Dover Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Clinton Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dover Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Township | – | A− | B | 21 min | $99,583 |
| Pike Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 26 min | $95,439 |
| Clinton Township | 3% | B− | B− | 21 min | $69,304 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Chesterfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Franklin Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Chesterfield Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dover 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 Dover Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dover Township?
$99,583 (±$29,104) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dover Township?
4.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dover Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dover Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wauseon (19%, 4 mi), Archbold (12%, 10 mi), Toledo (6%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dover Township walkable?
Dover Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dover Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.