Photo: Nyttend · Public domainGood Hope Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 187 jobs in Good Hope Township for 420 working residents. The two grades for Good Hope Township are C+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability. 4% of workers work from home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Good Hope Township and work: the main findings
Good Hope Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Good Hope 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 420 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Good Hope Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Good Hope Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Good Hope Township’s grade up ($80,875, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (9.8%) is left out: Good Hope Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Good Hope Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
Commuting from Good Hope Township: about 35 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Good Hope Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 693 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 daily commute in and out of Good Hope Township
On a workday 405 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Good Hope Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
16% of working residents work in Lancaster
Where Good Hope Township clocks in
16% of workers
15% 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.
Making and building: 29% of jobs based in Good Hope Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Good Hope Township, 2013 → 2023: 103 → 187. 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 Good Hope Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Good Hope Township works
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.
Good Hope Township is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 718 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). 1.1% of Good Hope Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Good Hope Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Good Hope Township is 2,215th among 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 27 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 50 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 59 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,213 | Birch Run MI | 1,540 | $71K | 13.5% | 4.4% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,214 | Gordonsville TN | 1,464 | $58K | 5.8% | 0.7% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,215 | Good Hope Township OH | 1,313 | $81K | 10.6% | 9.8% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,216 | Marion Township PA | 1,110 | $75K | 5.8% | 2.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,217 | Greenwood DE | 1,153 | $73K | 8.4% | 1.0% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Good Hope Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Good Hope Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Good Hope Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Hope Township | – | C+ | D− | 35 min | $80,875 |
| Falls Township | 4% | C− | C | 27 min | $62,904 |
| Berne Township | under 2% | B | C− | 28 min | $83,463 |
| Laurel Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 51 min | $64,271 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 34 min | $94,653 |
| Marion Township | 2% | C+ | D | 31 min | $90,857 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Falls Township. Darker towns draw more of Good Hope 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 Good Hope Township: questions
What is the median household income in Good Hope Township?
$80,875 (±$42,677) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Good Hope Township?
10.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Good Hope Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Good Hope Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lancaster (16%, 11 mi), Logan (15%, 9 mi), Columbus (8%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Good Hope Township walkable?
Good Hope Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Good Hope Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Good Hope Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Good Hope 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.