Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Hale Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 203 jobs in Hale Township, against 604 working residents. The two grades for Hale Township are C+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Hale Township: the gist
Income, poverty and work: Hale Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Hale Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Hale Township’s grade up ($78,036, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Hale 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, Hale Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Hale Township’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hale Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 721 commuters (the 2% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Hale Township
On a workday 587 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Hale Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
15% of working residents work in Kenton
Where Hale Township clocks in
15% of workers
7% 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.
What Hale Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hale Township, 2013 → 2023: 256 → 203. 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 Hale Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Hale 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.
Hale Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hale Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of 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 738 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). 6.0% of Hale Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hale Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Hale Township is 2,832nd of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,830 | Honey Creek Township IL | 1,450 | $93K | 10.4% | 0.3% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,831 | Prattsburgh NY | 1,980 | $77K | 7.1% | 2.6% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,832 | Hale Township OH | 1,529 | $78K | 9.4% | 3.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,833 | Concord VA | 1,462 | $71K | 13.3% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,834 | Athens NY | 1,581 | $84K | 11.1% | 5.6% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Hale Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Hale Township
The biggest share goes to Buck Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hale Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hale Township | – | C+ | C− | 25 min | $78,036 |
| Bokescreek Township | under 2% | B | C− | 26 min | $84,926 |
| Buck Township | 3% | D | B | 22 min | $42,833 |
| Taylor Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Bowling Green Township | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Dudley Township | under 2% | C | C− | 26 min | $78,063 |
| Ridgeway | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Taylor Creek Township, Bowling Green Township, Ridgeway and Washington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hale 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 Hale Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hale Township?
$78,036 (±$31,820) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hale Township?
9.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hale Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hale Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kenton (15%, 9 mi), Columbus (7%, 47 mi), Bellefontaine (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hale Township walkable?
Hale Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hale Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hale Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hale 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.