Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFlorence Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
4% of workers have no commute at all, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. There are 490 jobs in Florence Township, and 878 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Florence Township are C 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 Florence Township apart on work
Florence Township makes and builds things
56% of the jobs based in Florence Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Florence Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 40%. The jobs ↓
Few Florence Township workers work from home
Only 4% 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 878 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Florence Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Florence Township is better than 33% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Florence Township’s grade up ($75,216, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.0%) is left out: Florence 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, Florence Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
In Florence Township, 56% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Florence Township, 2013 → 2023: 423 → 490. 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 Florence Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Florence Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Florence Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 801 commuters (the 4% 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.
In and out of Florence Township on a workday
On a workday 784 residents head out to work, 94 work right here, and 396 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Florence Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Where people from Florence Township work
Where Florence Township clocks in
13% of workers
8% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Florence Township
About 24% 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.
Driving is how Florence Township gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 834 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). 2.8% of Florence Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Florence Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Florence Township ranks: 3,418th of 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,416 | Boardman Township MI | 1,537 | $84K | 10.7% | 4.7% | 2% | C |
| 3,417 | Morris NY | 1,720 | $76K | 11.0% | 4.6% | 7% | C |
| 3,418 | Florence Township OH | 1,925 | $75K | 13.4% | 3.0% | 11% | C |
| 3,419 | Ardmore IN | 1,810 | $47K | 14.6% | 3.7% | <1% | C |
| 3,420 | Merlin OR | 1,617 | $72K | 8.8% | 1.6% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Florence Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Florence Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Florence Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florence Township | – | C | D | 24 min | $75,216 |
| Superior Township | under 3% | C+ | D− | 28 min | $67,222 |
| St. Joseph Township | under 3% | C+ | B | 26 min | $50,263 |
| Northwest Township | under 3% | B+ | D− | 26 min | $105,060 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Florence 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 Florence Township: questions
What is the median household income in Florence Township?
$75,216 (±$8,604) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Florence Township?
13.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Florence Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Florence Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bryan (13%, 12 mi), Edon (8%, 2 mi), Montpelier (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Florence Township walkable?
Florence Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Florence Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Florence Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Florence 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.