Photo: Nyttend · Public domainErie Township has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C: better than 28% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C: more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 88% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Ohio 23, U.S. 26). Only 5% work in Erie Township; the top destination outside it is Port Clinton (11%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Erie Township, in brief
Erie Township makes and builds things
62% of the jobs based in Erie Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Erie Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 30%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Erie Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
72% of the jobs based in Erie Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 53% of the jobs Erie Township residents hold. 91% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Erie Township. The jobs ↓
Few Erie Township workers work from home
Only 0% 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 552 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Erie Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Erie Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Erie Township’s grade up (8.6%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($50,046, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Erie 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, Erie Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Erie Township makes things: 62% of its jobs are in goods
318 jobs are based in Erie Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Erie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Erie Township, 2013 → 2023: 314 → 318. 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.
About 22 minutes each way, about the OH average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Erie Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 656 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Erie Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 523 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 289 people come in from elsewhere.
About 920 people are in Erie Township on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
11% of working residents work in Port Clinton
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Erie Township clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Erie Township commutes less than 16 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 21% 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 Erie Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Erie Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 656 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). 0.8% of Erie Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Erie Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Erie Township is 2,514th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Erie Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 41 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Coldstream OH | 1,540 | $232K | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,512 | Wellston MO | 1,580 | $45K | 35.4% | 12.1% | 3% | C |
| 2,513 | Hinton Township MI | 1,111 | $60K | 6.5% | 4.2% | 1% | C |
| 2,514 | Erie Township OH | 1,154 | $50K | 8.6% | 2.6% | 5% | C |
| 2,515 | Lake Secession SC | 1,268 | $52K | 7.1% | 5.0% | 1% | C |
| 2,516 | Grimsley TN | 1,171 | $57K | 6.5% | 11.0% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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.
23% of Erie Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Port Clinton (11%). Darker towns draw more of Erie Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Erie Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erie Township | – | C | C | 22 min | $50,046 |
| Bay Township | 3% | C | B− | 29 min | $65,375 |
| Port Clinton | 11% | C | A− | 20 min | $60,909 |
| Carroll Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 23 min | $74,625 |
| Portage Township | 9% | B− | C | 42 min | $85,325 |
| Salem Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 25 min | $61,962 |
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 Erie Township: questions
What is the median household income in Erie Township?
$50,046 (±$12,993) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Erie Township?
8.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Erie Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Erie Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Port Clinton (11%, 5 mi), Portage Township (9%, 6 mi), Fremont (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Erie Township walkable?
Erie Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Erie Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Erie Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Erie 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.