Photo: Nyttend · Public domainGreen Township has 3.7 jobs for every working resident: 6,554 people commute in to work
Employers in Green Township report 6,897 jobs, and 1,889 of its residents work somewhere. Green Township grades B− for jobs and income and D for walkability. For 5% of workers, the job is at home; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Green Township: the figures worth knowing
Green Township has far more jobs than workers
Green Township has 6,897 jobs, 3.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 10,000 people are in town, 97% more than the 5,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Green Township makes and builds things
47% 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 23%. The jobs ↓
Green Township and Chillicothe trade workers both ways
Chillicothe is the top workplace for Green Township residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Green Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Green Township draws workers from far and wide
The 6,897 jobs in Green Township are filled from a wide area. Green Township’s own residents hold 5% and the ten next-biggest home towns 34%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
The jobs in Green Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
76% of the jobs based in Green Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 61% of the jobs Green Township residents hold. 95% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Green Township. 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.
Green Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Green Township is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #583 of 992 in Ohio. Household income holds Green Township’s grade up ($93,550, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.8%, U.S. 12.5%). 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 C to A−.
The daily flow of workers through Green Township
On a workday 1,546 residents head out to work and 343 work right here.
About 10,000 people are in Green Township on a workday afternoon, 97% more 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.
47% of the jobs in Green Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Township, 2013 → 2023: 5,809 → 6,897. 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 towns that send workers to Green Township
Where Green Township clocks in
18% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Green Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 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 2,545 commuters (the 5% 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.
Miles to work from Green Township
About 19% 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.
Most trips from Green Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Green Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns, #872 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,688 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). 12.4% 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.
Ranked on jobs and income, Green Township is 1,879th among 3,696 U.S. towns of 3,600 to 7,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 34 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 47 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 63 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,877 | North Brookfield MA | 4,793 | $79K | 12.9% | 3.2% | 10% | B− |
| 1,878 | Reynolds Township MI | 5,687 | $73K | 9.2% | 3.6% | 5% | B− |
| 1,879 | Green Township OH | 5,163 | $94K | 13.8% | 2.9% | 18% | B− |
| 1,880 | Pleasant Run OH | 5,629 | $80K | 10.5% | 6.6% | 1% | B− |
| 1,881 | Le Roy NY | 4,296 | $59K | 11.8% | 2.3% | 14% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,696 | 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.
Next door to Green Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Township | – | B− | D | 26 min | $93,550 |
| Union Township | 5% | C+ | D | 31 min | $81,069 |
| Colerain Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 33 min | $93,833 |
| Springfield Township | under 2% | B | D− | 17 min | $58,309 |
| Pickaway Township | 4% | A− | C | 28 min | $99,056 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Union Township. 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?
$93,550 (±$10,388) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Township?
13.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Township work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chillicothe (18%, 8 mi), Columbus (9%, 38 mi), Union Township (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Green Township walkable?
Green Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Green Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% 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.