Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Gorham Township works elsewhere
Employers in Gorham Township report 582 jobs; 1,014 of its residents have a job. Gorham Township grades C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Gorham Township is behind 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Gorham Township in brief
Gorham Township makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Gorham Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Gorham Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 34%. The jobs ↓
Few Gorham Township workers work from home
Only 2% 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’s behind Gorham Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Gorham Township is better than 17% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Gorham Township’s grade up (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($53,393, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (1.1%) is left out: Gorham Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Gorham Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
47% of the jobs in Gorham Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gorham Township, 2013 → 2023: 473 → 582. 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 Gorham Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Gorham Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gorham Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 915 commuters (the 2% 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 works in Gorham Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 962 residents head out to work, 52 work right here, and 530 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Gorham 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.
23% of working residents work in Archbold
Where Gorham Township clocks in
23% of workers
10% 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.
Where in the region Gorham Township works
About 20% 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 of Gorham Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gorham Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 930 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). 8.9% of Gorham Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gorham Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900, Gorham Township ranks 4,167th of 5,404 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,165 | Corning IA | 1,511 | $65K | 12.4% | 6.0% | 31% | C− |
| 4,166 | Lake Township MN | 1,995 | $76K | 17.4% | 3.3% | 6% | C− |
| 4,167 | Gorham Township OH | 2,120 | $53K | 14.9% | 1.1% | 5% | C− |
| 4,168 | Heidelberg TX | 2,215 | $34K | 13.5% | 27.5% | 1% | C− |
| 4,169 | Star City AR | 2,059 | $51K | 23.9% | 3.3% | 32% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Gorham Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Gorham Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gorham Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorham Township | – | C− | B+ | 24 min | $53,393 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Chesterfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Mill Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Franklin Township and Mill Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Chesterfield Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gorham 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 Gorham Township: questions
What is the median household income in Gorham Township?
$53,393 (±$7,068) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gorham Township?
14.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gorham Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gorham Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Archbold (23%, 11 mi), Wauseon (10%, 12 mi), Fayette (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gorham Township walkable?
Gorham Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gorham Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gorham Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gorham 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.