Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAt 1.0%, unemployment in Gibson Township is lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Gibson Township are B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Home is the office for 3% of workers, against 13% across Ohio. About one in ten stay in Gibson Township for work; outside it, Fort Recovery is the main destination (17%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Gibson Township apart
Gibson Township makes and builds things
50% of the jobs based in Gibson Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Gibson Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 44%. The jobs ↓
Gibson Township and Fort Recovery trade workers both ways
Fort Recovery is the top workplace for Gibson Township residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Gibson Township come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Gibson Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Gibson 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.
The four measures behind Gibson Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gibson Township is better than 74% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Gibson Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gibson Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Making and building: 50% of jobs based in Gibson Township
890 jobs are based in Gibson Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gibson Township, 2013 → 2023: 690 → 890. 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 Gibson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Gibson Township ends
Where Gibson Township clocks in
17% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
About 16 minutes each way, quicker than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gibson Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,136 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.
Gibson Township by day and by night
On a workday 970 residents head out to work, 131 work right here, and 759 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Gibson Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Near or far: the trip to work from Gibson Township
About 18% 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 Gibson Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gibson Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,176 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). 5.5% of Gibson Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gibson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Gibson Township places 1,015th of 5,404 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | 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+ |
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| 19 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 28 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 33 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,013 | Somonauk IL | 1,770 | $85K | 3.9% | 5.2% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,014 | Eel River Township IN | 1,762 | $86K | 4.7% | 0.8% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,015 | Gibson Township OH | 2,153 | $86K | 5.0% | 1.0% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,016 | Dodgeville WI | 1,610 | $117K | 4.9% | 2.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,017 | Casa Conejo CA | 2,671 | $148K | 4.2% | 10.4% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | 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 Gibson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 27% of Gibson Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gibson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson Township | – | B+ | C+ | 16 min | $85,648 |
| Recovery Township | 7% | A− | C− | 15 min | $107,083 |
| Fort Recovery | 17% | B− | C | 18 min | $66,563 |
| Mississinawa Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Granville Township | 3% | A | C+ | 17 min | $113,355 |
Same-state neighbors only. Mississinawa Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Recovery. Darker towns draw more of Gibson 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 Gibson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Gibson Township?
$85,648 (±$19,371) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gibson Township?
5.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gibson Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gibson Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Recovery (17%, 3 mi), Coldwater (9%, 9 mi), Recovery Township (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gibson Township walkable?
Gibson Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gibson Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gibson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gibson 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.