Photo: Nyttend · Public domainGreen Township has lower household incomes than 71% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Green Township itself; outside it, Logan draws the most (25%, 4 miles). Below the poverty line: 17.7% of residents, next to 13.3% across Ohio. Green Township grades C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Green Township, in brief
Green Township trades workers with the towns around it
Green Township has about as many jobs (1,140) as working residents (1,171), but they are mostly different people: 1,058 residents leave for work each day while 1,027 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Green Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Green Township and Logan trade workers both ways
Logan is the top workplace for Green Township residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Green Township come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Green Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Green Township makes and builds things
37% 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 22%. The jobs ↓
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.
The four measures behind Green Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Green Township is better than 21% of U.S. towns, #888 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Green Township’s grade up (4.6%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Green Township could be anywhere from D− to B.
How a workday changes Green Township
On a workday 1,058 residents head out to work, 113 work right here, and 1,027 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 (0.97 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.
Where Green Township’s working residents head each day
Where Green Township clocks in
25% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 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 1,107 commuters (the 7% 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.
Making and building: 37% of jobs based in Green Township
1,140 jobs are based in Green Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Township, 2013 → 2023: 904 → 1,140. 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.
The commute from Green Township, by distance
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.
The commute in Green Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Green Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #400 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,196 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). 5.3% 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.
How Green Township ranks: 3,694th of 4,698 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 46 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 3,692 | Ripley WV | 3,038 | $42K | 27.1% | 2.2% | 22% | C− |
| 3,693 | Fulton Township IL | 4,233 | $49K | 13.4% | 6.1% | 17% | C− |
| 3,694 | Green Township OH | 3,185 | $62K | 17.7% | 4.6% | 10% | C− |
| 3,695 | West Mahanoy Township PA | 2,909 | $85K | 20.7% | 11.5% | 5% | C− |
| 3,696 | Camdenton MO | 4,050 | $54K | 15.3% | 4.0% | 19% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
Work in the towns next to Green Township
The biggest share goes to Falls Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Township | – | C− | B− | 30 min | $62,060 |
| Falls Township | 2% | C− | C | 27 min | $62,904 |
| Ward Township | under 2% | D | D− | 33 min | $47,250 |
| Starr Township | under 2% | — | D− | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$62,060 (±$16,708) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Township?
17.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (25%, 4 mi), Columbus (8%, 48 mi), Lancaster (8%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Green Township walkable?
Green Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Green Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% 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.