Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFlorence Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Household incomes here are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns. 400 jobs are based in Florence Township, against 880 working residents. Jobs and income earn Florence Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Florence Township, in brief
Florence Township makes and builds things
75% 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 25%. The jobs ↓
Florence Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 138 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (22 to 29 minutes). Time on the road ↓
The jobs in Florence Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
69% of the jobs based in Florence Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 54% of the jobs Florence Township residents hold. 96% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Florence Township. 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; with 880 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Florence Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Florence Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Florence Township’s grade up ($111,048, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Florence Township could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
In Florence Township, 75% 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: 401 → 400. 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.
Time on the road from Florence Township: about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.2 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 1,378 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.
Who commutes out of Florence Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 865 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 385 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 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.
9% of working residents work in Norwalk
Where Florence Township clocks in
9% 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.
How far Florence Township’s workers travel
About 22% 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.
In Florence Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Florence Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,435 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 under 0.1 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). 1.3% 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.
For jobs and income, Florence Township is 1,319th of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,317 | Ocean Gate NJ | 2,005 | $69K | 6.0% | 3.9% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,318 | Leslie Township MI | 2,308 | $93K | 7.3% | 4.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,319 | Florence Township OH | 2,362 | $111K | 7.8% | 4.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,320 | Sheldon VT | 2,192 | $79K | 5.1% | 1.0% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,321 | Richland Grove Township IL | 2,266 | $107K | 11.6% | 2.6% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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
The biggest share goes to Berlin Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Florence Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florence Township | – | B+ | D | 41 min | $111,048 |
| Berlin Township | 3% | B− | C+ | 22 min | $74,425 |
| Henrietta Township | under 3% | B− | C | 29 min | $71,597 |
| Wakeman Township | under 3% | B | C+ | 27 min | $81,875 |
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?
$111,048 (±$24,321) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Florence Township?
7.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Florence Township?
41 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?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Norwalk (9%, 13 mi), Sandusky (7%, 19 mi), Perkins Township (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Florence Township walkable?
Florence Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 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 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.