Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Flushing Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Flushing Township has 115 jobs for 689 working residents. For jobs and income Flushing Township is better than 21% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (C−). Household incomes here are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Flushing Township
Flushing Township is a place people come home to
There are 115 jobs based in Flushing Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Flushing Township has about 1,300 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Flushing Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Flushing Township is Wheeling, WV, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (77) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 689 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Flushing Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Unemployment holds Flushing Township’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (31.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Flushing Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
How a workday changes Flushing Township
On a workday 675 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Flushing Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Half of Flushing Township commutes less than 21 miles
About 28% 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.
11% of working residents work in Wheeling
Where Flushing Township clocks in
11% 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.
The kinds of work in Flushing Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flushing Township, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 115. 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 Flushing Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Flushing Township takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flushing Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,047 commuters (the 7% 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 Flushing Township, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,126 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). 11.3% of Flushing Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Flushing Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Flushing Township comes 3,983rd on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,981 | Natalia TX | 1,373 | $46K | 24.1% | 3.0% | 3% | C− |
| 3,982 | Laurens NY | 2,301 | $72K | 10.2% | 9.8% | 7% | C− |
| 3,983 | Flushing Township OH | 1,884 | $55K | 31.5% | 2.5% | 2% | C− |
| 3,984 | Elk Township PA | 1,399 | $55K | 9.9% | 4.6% | 1% | C− |
| 3,985 | Franklin Furnace OH | 1,594 | $60K | 12.5% | 0.0% | 6% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | 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 Flushing Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Flushing Township
The biggest share goes to Wheeling Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Flushing Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flushing Township | – | C− | C− | 26 min | $55,398 |
| Kirkwood Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Moorefield Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Wheeling Township | 2% | C | D | 28 min | $53,512 |
| Londonderry Township | under 2% | — | — | 55 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kirkwood Township, Moorefield Township and Londonderry Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Flushing 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 Flushing Township: questions
What is the median household income in Flushing Township?
$55,398 (±$8,640) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flushing Township?
31.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flushing Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flushing Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wheeling (11%, 23 mi), St. Clairsville (10%, 12 mi), Richland Township (10%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Flushing Township walkable?
Flushing Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Flushing Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Flushing Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flushing 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.