Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Green Township has lower household incomes than 95% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, against 13% across Ohio. 21.3% of residents are in poverty (Ohio 13.3%). Jobs and income earn Green Township D; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Green Township, in brief
The jobs in Green Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
64% of the jobs based in Green Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 48% of the jobs Green Township residents hold. 90% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Green Township. The jobs ↓
Green Township makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Green Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Green Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
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; with 617 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Green Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Green Township is better than 5% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Green Township’s grade up (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($41,698, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Green 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, Green Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Goods, not services: 39% of the jobs in Green Township
584 jobs are based in Green Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Township, 2013 → 2023: 491 → 584. 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.
Commuting from Green Township: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 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 702 commuters (the 4% 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 Green Township
On a workday 557 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 524 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Cadiz
Where Green Township clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Miles to work from Green Township
About 25% 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
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Green Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 731 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). 3.4% 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 and other U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,233 | Croswell MI | 2,263 | $55K | 17.1% | 11.6% | 16% | D |
| 5,234 | Fine NY | 1,263 | $60K | 20.2% | 5.8% | 26% | D |
| 5,235 | Green Township OH | 1,673 | $42K | 21.3% | 2.3% | 10% | D |
| 5,236 | Arenas Valley NM | 1,247 | $44K | 16.1% | 7.7% | 2% | D |
| 5,237 | Arrowhead Beach NC | 1,242 | $67K | 39.9% | 6.6% | <1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Green Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
13% of Green Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Township | – | D | B | 28 min | $41,698 |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | D | C− | 19 min | $61,250 |
| Short Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Archer Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| German Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Cadiz | 13% | C+ | B | 23 min | $44,113 |
| Cadiz Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Smithfield Township | under 2% | D | D | 33 min | $57,718 |
Same-state neighbors only. Short Creek Township and Cadiz Township: not graded. Archer Township and German Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cadiz. 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?
$41,698 (±$8,877) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Township?
21.3%, 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. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cadiz (13%, 5 mi), Steubenville (8%, 15 mi), Hopedale (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Green Township walkable?
Green Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Green Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% 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.