Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFlatrock Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Measured by household income, Flatrock Township is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns. Flatrock Township has 221 jobs; 601 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Flatrock Township are B for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Flatrock Township apart on work
Flatrock Township and Napoleon trade workers both ways
Napoleon is the top workplace for Flatrock Township residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Flatrock Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Flatrock Township
23% of Flatrock Township workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. 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 601 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Flatrock Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Flatrock Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Flatrock Township’s grade up ($105,529, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (10.7%) is left out: Flatrock 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, Flatrock Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
18% of working residents work in Napoleon
Where Flatrock Township clocks in
18% 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.
Getting to work from Flatrock Township takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flatrock Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 406 commuters (the 23% 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.
Who works in Flatrock Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 594 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 214 people come in from elsewhere.
About 840 people are in Flatrock Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Jobs in Flatrock Township: what the 221 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flatrock Township, 2013 → 2023: 173 → 221. 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 Flatrock Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Flatrock Township commutes
About 16% 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 Flatrock Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Flatrock Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Flatrock 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 527 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 Flatrock Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Flatrock Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Flatrock Township places 1,093rd of 4,312 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,600
| # | 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+ |
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| 48 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 55 | Coldstream OH | 1,540 | $232K | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,091 | Cornwall CT | 1,589 | $129K | 8.2% | 6.5% | 14% | B |
| 1,092 | Saluda Township IN | 1,383 | $78K | 3.0% | 7.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,093 | Flatrock Township OH | 1,218 | $106K | 8.6% | 10.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,094 | Pine Valley WI | 1,208 | $87K | 3.9% | 1.8% | 2% | B |
| 1,095 | Lincoln Township SD | 1,159 | $79K | 11.9% | 0.0% | <1% | B |
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| 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Flatrock Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Flatrock Township
The biggest share goes to Napoleon Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Flatrock Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flatrock Township | – | B | D | 24 min | $105,529 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 31 min | $86,438 |
| Napoleon Township | 4% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 27 min | $64,583 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 18 min | $89,362 |
Same-state neighbors only. Napoleon Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Flatrock 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 Flatrock Township: questions
What is the median household income in Flatrock Township?
$105,529 (±$19,408) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flatrock Township?
8.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flatrock Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flatrock Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Napoleon (18%, 7 mi), Defiance (9%, 10 mi), Archbold (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Flatrock Township walkable?
Flatrock Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Flatrock Township without a car?
0% 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 Flatrock Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flatrock 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.