Most of Green Creek Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 393 jobs in Green Creek Township, against 1,551 working residents. Jobs and income earn Green Creek Township C+; getting around on foot earns it B−. At home: 3% of workers have no commute at all (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Green Creek Township in brief
A longer commute than the towns next door
Green Creek Township averages 25 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (16 to 22 minutes). Next door ↓
Green Creek Township is a place people come home to
There are 393 jobs based in Green Creek Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Green Creek Township has about 2,300 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Green Creek Township makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Green Creek Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Green Creek Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 35%. The jobs ↓
Few Green Creek 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Green Creek Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Green Creek Township is better than 45% of U.S. towns, #677 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Green Creek Township’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Green Creek Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Who commutes out of Green Creek Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,515 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 357 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Green Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Green Creek Township makes things: 41% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Creek Township, 2014 → 2024: 352 → 393. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Green Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Green Creek Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green Creek Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,557 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.
17% of working residents work in Fremont
Where Green Creek Township clocks in
17% of workers
14% 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.
Where in the region Green Creek Township works
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Green Creek Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Green Creek Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #434 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,611 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). 1.5% of Green Creek Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Green Creek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Green Creek Township ranks: 2,515th of 4,535 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 42 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 48 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 52 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 2,513 | Stephentown NY | 2,782 | $89K | 3.7% | 18.8% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,514 | Somers Township OH | 3,814 | $64K | 16.9% | 2.4% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,515 | Green Creek Township OH | 3,448 | $69K | 17.4% | 2.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,516 | Sandusky Township OH | 3,562 | $83K | 23.3% | 3.8% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,517 | Holton KS | 3,396 | $53K | 11.1% | 1.3% | 31% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Creek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 16% of Green Creek Township
The biggest share goes to Clyde (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Creek Township | – | C+ | B− | 25 min | $68,622 |
| Clyde | 14% | C | B | 18 min | $50,574 |
| Green Springs | 2% | B− | C | 22 min | $69,531 |
| Ballville Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 22 min | $78,330 |
| Adams Township | under 3% | A− | C | 16 min | $106,607 |
| Riley Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 22 min | $61,806 |
| York Township | under 3% | B | D | 17 min | $80,385 |
| Sandusky Township | under 3% | C+ | B− | 18 min | $82,796 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Green Creek 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 2024, 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 Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Green Creek Township?
$68,622 (±$6,820) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Creek Township?
17.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Creek Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Creek Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fremont (17%, 6 mi), Clyde (14%, 2 mi), Bellevue (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Green Creek Township walkable?
Green Creek Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Green Creek Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Green Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green Creek Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.