Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 4.0Green Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
For jobs and income Green Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (C−). There are 146 jobs in Green Township, against 1,090 working residents. Only 2% stay in Green Township for work; outside it, Wilmington is the main destination (25%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Green Township apart on work
Green Township is a place people come home to
There are 146 jobs based in Green Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Green Township has about 1,600 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Green Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 Green Township
The poverty rate holds Green Township’s grade up (8.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Green Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
Green Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,073 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Green Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
About 28 minutes each way for Green Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,077 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where people from Green Township work
Where Green Township clocks in
25% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Green Township: what the 146 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Township, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 146. 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 Green Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Green Township
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.
In Green Township, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,188 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). 4.0% of Green Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Green Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Green Township places 2,567th of 4,868 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,565 | Madison Township OH | 1,833 | $76K | 20.6% | 1.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,566 | Jackson Township OH | 1,907 | $77K | 9.5% | 2.1% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,567 | Green Township OH | 2,522 | $71K | 8.4% | 3.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,568 | West Wheatfield Township PA | 2,115 | $73K | 8.9% | 6.2% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,569 | Kapaau HI | 2,224 | $84K | 8.7% | 3.5% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | 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 Green Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Green Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Union Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Township | – | C+ | C− | 28 min | $70,625 |
| Clark Township | under 2% | B | C | 35 min | $97,806 |
| Wayne Township | 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Union Township | 3% | A− | C− | 22 min | $118,750 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 23 min | $66,736 |
| Union Township | under 2% | B− | C | 35 min | $67,481 |
| Penn Township | under 2% | A− | D | 34 min | $127,438 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wayne Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Green 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 Green Township: questions
What is the median household income in Green Township?
$70,625 (±$16,898) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Township?
8.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilmington (25%, 7 mi), Liberty Township (5%, 13 mi), Hillsboro (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Green Township walkable?
Green Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Green Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Green Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green 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.