Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Dublin Township have lower incomes than those in 66% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Dublin Township itself; outside it, Celina draws the most (12%, 10 miles). The poverty rate is 8.9%, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. Jobs and income earn Dublin Township C; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Income, poverty and work: Dublin Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Dublin Township is better than 34% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Dublin Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Dublin 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, Dublin Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
How a workday changes Dublin Township
On a workday 877 residents head out to work, 100 work right here, and 565 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Dublin Township on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.68 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.
The places Dublin Township commutes to
Where Dublin Township clocks in
12% of workers
9% 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.
What the 665 jobs in Dublin Township are
665 jobs are based in Dublin Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dublin Township, 2013 → 2023: 538 → 665. 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 Dublin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way for Dublin Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dublin Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 867 commuters (the 7% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Dublin Township
About 18% 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.
Getting around Dublin Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dublin Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 937 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). 11.7% of Dublin Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dublin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dublin Township places 3,329th of 5,793 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,327 | Golden Township MI | 1,704 | $67K | 6.8% | 12.8% | 11% | C |
| 3,328 | Chester Township OH | 2,062 | $60K | 8.8% | 0.0% | 3% | C |
| 3,329 | Dublin Township OH | 2,056 | $65K | 8.9% | 2.0% | 10% | C |
| 3,330 | Wiggins CO | 1,868 | $92K | 11.5% | 1.7% | 10% | C |
| 3,331 | Constantine MI | 1,983 | $73K | 13.3% | 7.3% | 7% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | 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 Dublin Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Dublin Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dublin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin Township | – | C | C− | 22 min | $64,722 |
| Union Township | under 3% | D | D | 31 min | $45,556 |
| Hopewell Township | under 3% | C | D− | 20 min | $70,833 |
| Black Creek Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Liberty Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 23 min | $68,007 |
Same-state neighbors only. Black Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dublin 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 Dublin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dublin Township?
$64,722 (±$11,763) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dublin Township?
8.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dublin Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dublin Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Celina (12%, 10 mi), Van Wert (9%, 13 mi), Rockford (8%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dublin Township walkable?
Dublin Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dublin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dublin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dublin 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.