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Jobs & commute in Grand Township

Jobs and earnings in Grand Township, and the trip to work

Hardly any stay in Grand Township for work; outside it, Marion is the main destination (19%, 14 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all (Ohio 13%). Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average, where Ohio has 23 and the U.S. 26.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Grand Township by day and by night

On a workday 165 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

165live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night350
Workday180
350live here− 170head out to work+ 0come in to work= 180on a workday

About 180 people are in Grand Township on a workday afternoon, 48% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Grand Township: the destinations

Morral: 2 residents work here (1%)Mount Gilead: 2 residents work here (1%)Crestline: 2 residents work here (1%)Upper Sandusky: 3 residents work here (2%)Marion: 32 residents work here (19%)Delaware: 9 residents work here (5%)Columbus: 13 residents work here (8%)Marion Township: 27 residents work here (16%)Pleasant Township: 3 residents work here (2%)Salt Rock TownshipGrand TownshipClaridon Township: 12 residents work here (7%)Marseilles TownshipGoshen TownshipMontgomery TownshipMarionMarion TownshipColumbusClaridon TownshipDelawareUpper SanduskyGrand Township
1
Marion13.7 mi away
19%32
2
Marion Township13.2 mi away
16%27
3
Columbus51 mi away
8%13
47%12
5
Delaware30.3 mi away
5%9
6
Upper Sandusky12.6 mi away
2%3
7
Pleasant Township15.8 mi away
2%3
8
Morral8.5 mi away
1%2
9
Mount Gilead29.4 mi away
1%2
10
Crestline33.5 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%60
The top trips

Where Grand Township clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Time on the road from Grand Township: about 28 minutes

A year of commuting
211 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Grand Township28 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Grand Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Grand Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 362 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Grand Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi60 miMarion: 19% · 13.7 miMarion Township: 16% · 13.2 miColumbus: 8% · 51 miClaridon Township: 7% · 19 miDelaware: 5% · 30.3 miUpper Sandusky: 2% · 12.6 miPleasant Township: 2% · 15.8 miMorral: 1% · 8.5 miMount Gilead: 1% · 29.4 miCrestline: 1% · 33.5 miMarion 19%Columbus 8%Delaware 5%Grand Township
Grand TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
6%Under 10 mi10 residents
47%10–24 mi78 residents
30%25–50 mi49 residents
17%Over 50 mi28 residents

About 17% 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.

Next door

Around Grand Township: the bordering towns

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Goshen Township13 min
Salt Rock Township17 min
Montgomery Township24 min
Marseilles Township26 min
Grand Township28 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownGrand Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Grand Township–——28 min$71,250
Marseilles Townshipunder 2%——26 min—
Salt Rock Townshipunder 2%——17 min—
Montgomery Townshipunder 2%DB−24 min$67,669
Goshen Townshipunder 2%——13 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Marseilles Township, Salt Rock Township and Goshen Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Grand Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Grand Township: questions

What is the median household income in Grand Township?

$71,250 (±$56,213) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Grand Township?

4.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Grand Township?

28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Grand Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion (19%, 14 mi), Marion Township (16%, 13 mi), Columbus (8%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Grand Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Grand Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Grand Township

Grand Township home →

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.