Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 4.0At 2.2%, unemployment in Green Township is lower than in 82% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Green Township itself; outside it, Orrville draws the most (21%, 2 miles). The two grades for Green Township are B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Home is the office for 6% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Green Township: the gist
What’s behind Green Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Green Township is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #413 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Green Township’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (11.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Green Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Where Green Township goes to work
Where Green Township clocks in
21% 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.
Green Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 4,609 residents head out to work, 951 work right here, and 3,285 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Green Township on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 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.
Green Township works in goods: 33% of its jobs
4,236 jobs are based in Green Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,588 → 4,236. 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.
About 20 minutes to work from Green Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 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 5,892 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Green Township
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 55% of U.S. towns, #374 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Green Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,233 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). 3.5% 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.
Among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000, Green Township ranks 1,073rd of 2,354 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 4 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,071 | Vandalia OH | 15,014 | $73K | 9.0% | 3.6% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,072 | Union Township OH | 9,918 | $69K | 9.0% | 2.4% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,073 | Green Township OH | 12,277 | $73K | 11.2% | 2.2% | 17% | B+ |
| 1,074 | Iona FL | 13,631 | $67K | 8.2% | 2.0% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,075 | Overlea MD | 13,035 | $89K | 9.1% | 5.6% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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.
How Green Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to East Union Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Township | – | B+ | B− | 20 min | $73,422 |
| East Union Township | 2% | A− | B+ | 17 min | $72,778 |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 18 min | $84,746 |
| Baughman Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 21 min | $76,705 |
| Milton Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 20 min | $69,401 |
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?
$73,422 (±$7,103) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Township?
11.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Township work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orrville (21%, 2 mi), Wooster (18%, 6 mi), Smithville (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Green Township walkable?
Green Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 3% 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.