Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFallsbury Township’s household incomes are lower than in 91% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income D−: better than 4% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability B−: more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Fallsbury Township
Fallsbury Township is a place people come home to
There are 78 jobs based in Fallsbury Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fallsbury Township has about 650 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fallsbury Township and Newark trade workers both ways
Newark is the top workplace for Fallsbury Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Fallsbury Township come from (12% 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; with 461 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Fallsbury Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Fallsbury Township is better than 4% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Fallsbury Township’s grade up (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (45.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (13.3%) is left out: Fallsbury 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, Fallsbury Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Fallsbury Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 458 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Fallsbury Township on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.17 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.
19% of working residents work in Newark
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Fallsbury Township clocks in
19% of workers
17% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Fallsbury Township makes things: 88% of its jobs are in goods
78 jobs are based in Fallsbury Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fallsbury Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fallsbury Township, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 78. 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.
Working from home in Fallsbury Township
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
of Fallsbury Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 211 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Fallsbury Township commutes less than 23 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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.
Most trips from Fallsbury Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fallsbury Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 20.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 2.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 229 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 10.3% of Fallsbury Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fallsbury Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Fallsbury Township compares with U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Fallsbury 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 35 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Granville South OH | 1,146 | $131K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,842 | Lincoln Township MI | 1,319 | $52K | 19.1% | 8.6% | <1% | D− |
| 2,843 | Lynch Township MO | 1,381 | $38K | 13.6% | 0.3% | 1% | D− |
| 2,844 | Fallsbury Township OH | 1,031 | $47K | 45.9% | 13.3% | 1% | D− |
| 2,845 | Nashville WI | 1,359 | $56K | 20.2% | 4.1% | 20% | D− |
| 2,846 | Astor FL | 1,391 | $57K | 19.7% | 3.2% | 2% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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.
Fallsbury Township and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Fallsbury Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fallsbury Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fallsbury Township | – | D− | B− | — | $46,964 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 34 min | $91,500 |
| Eden Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 38 min | $109,010 |
| Pike Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 30 min | $72,639 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pike Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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 Fallsbury Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fallsbury Township?
$46,964 (±$26,759) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fallsbury Township?
45.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Fallsbury Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newark (19%, 14 mi), Columbus (17%, 42 mi), Heath (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fallsbury Township walkable?
Fallsbury Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 2.0 out of 20, and 21% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fallsbury Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fallsbury Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fallsbury 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.