Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Groton Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Groton Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (C). 168 jobs are based in Groton Township, and 631 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Groton Township itself; outside it, Sandusky draws the most (10%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Groton Township
Groton Township is a place people come home to
There are 168 jobs based in Groton Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Groton Township has about 840 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Groton Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio 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 631 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Groton Township
The poverty rate holds Groton Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Groton 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, Groton Township could be anywhere from B to A.
How many people are in Groton Township by day
On a workday 625 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 162 people come in from elsewhere.
About 840 people are in Groton Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Groton Township’s commute takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Groton Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 665 commuters (the 8% 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.
Where Groton Township’s working residents head each day
Where Groton Township clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
Groton Township makes things: 54% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Groton Township, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 168. 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 Groton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Groton Township
About 22% 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.
Driving is how Groton Township gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 719 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.8% of Groton Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Groton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Groton Township ranks 398th of 5,400 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 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+ |
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| 396 | Eagle Township OH | 1,084 | $99K | 1.3% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| 397 | Hortonia WI | 1,040 | $103K | 5.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| 398 | Groton Township OH | 1,298 | $94K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 399 | Baldwin WI | 1,056 | $103K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 1% | A− |
| 400 | Berlin WI | 1,105 | $113K | 2.6% | 1.1% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Groton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Groton Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bellevue (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Groton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groton Township | – | A− | C | 18 min | $93,843 |
| Bellevue | 4% | C− | C+ | 20 min | $53,875 |
| Margaretta Township | under 3% | C+ | C− | 24 min | $78,333 |
| Lyme Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Oxford Township | under 3% | A | D | 24 min | $126,458 |
| York Township | under 3% | B | D | 17 min | $80,385 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lyme Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Groton 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 Groton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Groton Township?
$93,843 (±$41,901) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Groton Township?
0.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Groton Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Groton Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sandusky (10%, 10 mi), Norwalk (9%, 11 mi), Perkins Township (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Groton Township walkable?
Groton Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Groton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Groton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Groton 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.