Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Falls Township are lower than in 69% of U.S. towns
5% of workers work from home (Ohio 13%). 20.1% of residents are in poverty (Ohio 13.3%). For jobs and income Falls Township is better than 23% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Falls Township in brief
Falls Township trades workers with the towns around it
Falls Township has about as many jobs (4,264) as working residents (4,254), but they are mostly different people: 3,146 residents leave for work each day while 3,156 people come in. Only 26% of the jobs in Falls Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Falls Township and Logan trade workers both ways
Logan is the top workplace for Falls Township residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Falls Township come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
The four measures behind Falls Township’s grade
Unemployment holds Falls Township’s grade up (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Falls Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Who leaves Falls Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,146 residents head out to work, 1,108 work right here, and 3,156 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 (1.00 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.
27% of working residents work in Logan
Where Falls Township clocks in
27% of workers
10% 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.
What Falls Township’s employers do
4,264 jobs are based in Falls Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Falls Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,220 → 4,264. 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 Falls Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Falls Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Falls Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,977 commuters (the 5% 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.
Half of Falls Township commutes less than 17 miles
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.
Getting around Falls Township: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% 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 5,227 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). 8.6% of Falls Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Falls Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Falls Township places 2,250th of 2,695 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 5 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,248 | Circleville OH | 14,634 | $60K | 18.9% | 6.8% | 12% | C− |
| 2,249 | Port Lavaca TX | 11,060 | $70K | 10.2% | 10.5% | 24% | C− |
| 2,250 | Falls Township OH | 11,608 | $63K | 20.1% | 4.4% | 26% | C− |
| 2,251 | Ottawa Township IL | 11,179 | $70K | 16.6% | 8.4% | 18% | C− |
| 2,252 | Newell Township IL | 13,326 | $61K | 13.7% | 7.0% | 13% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Falls Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Falls Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Green Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Falls Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falls Township | – | C− | C | 27 min | $62,904 |
| Good Hope Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 35 min | $80,875 |
| Green Township | 2% | C− | B− | 30 min | $62,060 |
| Monday Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Laurel Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 51 min | $64,271 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 31 min | $90,857 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 29 min | $84,875 |
| Coal Township | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Monday Creek Township and Coal Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Falls 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 Falls Township: questions
What is the median household income in Falls Township?
$62,904 (±$7,052) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Falls Township?
20.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Falls Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Falls Township work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (27%, 0 mi), Lancaster (10%, 16 mi), Columbus (6%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Falls Township walkable?
Falls Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Falls Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Falls Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Falls 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.