Photo: Drrosenrosen · Public domainHanover Township’s household incomes are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers (Ohio 13%). The poverty rate is 6.3% (Ohio 13.3%). Hanover Township grades B− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Inside Hanover Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hanover Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Hanover Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($55,417, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hanover Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
In and out of Hanover Township on a workday
On a workday 809 residents head out to work, 128 work right here, and 905 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Loudonville
Where Hanover Township clocks in
14% of workers
11% 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 Hanover Township’s employers do
1,033 jobs are based in Hanover Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hanover Township, 2014 → 2024: 807 → 1,033. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hanover Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Hanover Township’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hanover Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,109 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 Hanover Township
About 24% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Hanover Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hanover Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.8% 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 1,171 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). 11.7% of Hanover Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hanover Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,274th of 4,995: where Hanover Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 27 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,272 | Brownsville OR | 1,904 | $83K | 10.0% | 1.1% | 4% | B− |
| 2,273 | Woodcreek TX | 1,876 | $74K | 4.1% | 21.3% | 1% | B− |
| 2,274 | Hanover Township OH | 2,385 | $55K | 6.3% | 3.0% | 14% | B− |
| 2,275 | Vermillion Township OH | 2,647 | $68K | 10.3% | 3.5% | 3% | B− |
| 2,276 | St. Marys KS | 2,790 | $77K | 8.6% | 4.4% | 26% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Hanover Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 18% of Hanover Township
The biggest share goes to Loudonville (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hanover Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Township | – | B− | B | 23 min | $55,417 |
| Green Township | 3% | C+ | B | 23 min | $64,038 |
| Worthington Township | under 2% | B− | C | 34 min | $73,750 |
| Washington Township | 1% | B | D | 23 min | $80,086 |
| Knox Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 25 min | $65,990 |
| Loudonville | 14% | B− | A− | 21 min | $56,005 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hanover 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 2024, 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 Hanover Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hanover Township?
$55,417 (±$23,258) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hanover Township?
6.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hanover Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hanover Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Loudonville (14%, 4 mi), Ashland (11%, 19 mi), Wooster (8%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hanover Township walkable?
Hanover Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hanover 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 Hanover Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hanover Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.