Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Greenfield Township commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Greenfield Township for work; outside it, Willard is the main destination (15%, 4 miles). 14 jobs are based in Greenfield Township, against 612 working residents. Jobs and income earn Greenfield Township B−; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Greenfield Township, in brief
Why Greenfield Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Greenfield Township is better than 55% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Greenfield Township’s grade up (6.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.9%) is left out: Greenfield Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Greenfield Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Greenfield Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 611 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Greenfield Township on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Greenfield Township’s working residents head each day
Where Greenfield Township clocks in
15% of workers
10% of workers
6% 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.
In Greenfield Township, 43% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 14. 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 Greenfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 21 minutes in Greenfield Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenfield Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 647 commuters (the 6% 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 Greenfield Township
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.
In Greenfield Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greenfield Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Greenfield 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 687 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). 0.0% of Greenfield Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greenfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Greenfield Township is 1,637th among 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 27 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,635 | Caledonia WI | 1,489 | $98K | 14.2% | 2.2% | 2% | B− |
| 1,636 | Louisville Township KS | 1,122 | $68K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 2% | B− |
| 1,637 | Greenfield Township OH | 1,332 | $82K | 6.2% | 1.9% | <1% | B− |
| 1,638 | Farmington Township PA | 1,730 | $87K | 4.0% | 0.5% | 15% | B− |
| 1,639 | Tano Road NM | 1,586 | $183K | 9.8% | 6.4% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Greenfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 21% of Greenfield Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield Township | – | B− | D− | 21 min | $82,303 |
| Willard | 15% | C | B+ | 22 min | $53,542 |
| Norwich Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 32 min | $105,583 |
| Peru Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 16 min | $125,593 |
| Fairfield Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 26 min | $64,766 |
| New Haven Township | 6% | C+ | B | 19 min | $69,609 |
| Sherman Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Richmond Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sherman Township and Richmond Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Willard. Darker towns draw more of Greenfield 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 Greenfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Greenfield Township?
$82,303 (±$21,911) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenfield Township?
6.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenfield Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenfield Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Willard (15%, 4 mi), Norwalk (10%, 10 mi), New Haven Township (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greenfield Township walkable?
Greenfield Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greenfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greenfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenfield 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.