Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFayette Township has lower unemployment (0.8%) than 96% of U.S. towns
Only 7% work in Fayette Township; the top destination outside it is Huntington (23%, 6 miles). Jobs and income earn Fayette Township C+; getting around on foot earns it B. Household incomes here are lower than in 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fayette Township, in a few figures
A lot of Fayette Township works one town over
31% of working residents work in a town that borders Fayette Township: Huntington (23%), South Point (4%) and Union Township (2%). Next door ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Fayette Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Fayette Township fell from 2,685 in 2013 to 1,926 in 2023, −28%. 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.
Where Fayette Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fayette Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #729 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Fayette Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($58,302, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fayette Township could be anywhere from C to B.
What work there is in Fayette Township: 1,926 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fayette Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,685 → 1,926. 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 Fayette Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Fayette Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 3,070 residents head out to work, 236 work right here, and 1,690 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,800 people are in Fayette Township on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
Commuting out of Fayette Township: the destinations
Where Fayette Township clocks in
23% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Fayette Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fayette Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,343 commuters (the 6% 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 Fayette Township to work
About 27% 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.
Few in Fayette Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fayette Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #340 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Fayette Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,569 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). 8.9% of Fayette Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fayette Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,700 to 11,000, Fayette Township ranks 2,038th of 3,007 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 27 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,036 | Belle Fourche SD | 5,791 | $65K | 10.6% | 2.6% | 29% | C+ |
| 2,037 | Oceano CA | 7,128 | $72K | 17.2% | 4.1% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,038 | Fayette Township OH | 8,131 | $58K | 15.4% | 0.8% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,039 | Sidney MT | 6,217 | $63K | 7.7% | 3.4% | 50% | C+ |
| 2,040 | Livingston MT | 9,290 | $66K | 13.7% | 1.9% | 37% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,007 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Fayette Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
31% of Fayette Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fayette Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette Township | – | C+ | B | 22 min | $58,302 |
| Union Township | 2% | C+ | C | 22 min | $58,311 |
| Perry Township | 2% | C | C− | 21 min | $56,484 |
| South Point | 4% | B | B+ | 23 min | $80,341 |
| Lawrence Township | under 2% | D | D− | 25 min | $65,904 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Huntington. Darker towns draw more of Fayette 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 Fayette Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fayette Township?
$58,302 (±$8,966) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fayette Township?
15.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fayette Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fayette Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huntington (23%, 6 mi), Ashland (7%, 6 mi), Ironton (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fayette Township walkable?
Fayette Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fayette Township without a car?
0% 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 Fayette Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fayette 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.