Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFulton Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Fulton Township report 479 jobs, and 1,431 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Fulton Township are B for jobs and income and D for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Fulton Township, in brief
Fulton Township makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Fulton Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Fulton Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Fulton Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Fulton Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Fulton Township fell from 668 in 2013 to 479 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 ↓
Few Fulton Township workers work from home
Only 3% 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Fulton Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fulton Township is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #463 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Fulton Township’s grade up (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fulton Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Fulton Township makes things: 41% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fulton Township, 2013 → 2023: 668 → 479. 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 Fulton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Fulton Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fulton Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,432 commuters (the 3% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Fulton Township
On a workday 1,392 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 440 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Fulton 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.
21% of working residents work in Toledo
Where Fulton Township clocks in
21% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Fulton Township
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.
Most trips from Fulton Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fulton Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns, #847 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Fulton 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 1,481 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). 1.8% of Fulton Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fulton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,612th of 4,698: where Fulton Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,610 | South Toms River NJ | 3,895 | $104K | 7.3% | 8.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,611 | Jackson Township OH | 3,138 | $88K | 8.5% | 3.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,612 | Fulton Township OH | 3,149 | $82K | 12.6% | 2.8% | 3% | B |
| 1,613 | Eldred Township PA | 2,613 | $71K | 9.4% | 1.1% | 4% | B |
| 1,614 | Drum Point MD | 3,589 | $109K | 4.1% | 5.5% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Fulton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Fulton Township
The biggest share goes to York Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fulton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton Township | – | B | D | 29 min | $81,964 |
| Swan Creek Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 31 min | $69,100 |
| Pike Township | under 3% | A− | D− | 26 min | $95,439 |
| Amboy Township | under 3% | A− | C | 31 min | $110,833 |
| Delta | under 3% | B− | B+ | 25 min | $63,293 |
| York Township | 2% | B | C | 25 min | $75,263 |
| Harding Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Harding Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fulton 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 Fulton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fulton Township?
$81,964 (±$14,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fulton Township?
12.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fulton Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fulton Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toledo (21%, 19 mi), Swanton (6%, 4 mi), Maumee (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fulton Township walkable?
Fulton Township is more walkable than 14% 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 Fulton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fulton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fulton 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.