Household incomes in Hardy Township trail those of 69% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 12.4% of residents, against 13.3% across Ohio. Jobs and income earn Hardy Township C+; getting around on foot earns it A−. Home is the office for 3% of workers, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hardy Township, in a few figures
Hardy Township is where the jobs are
Hardy Township has 3,973 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Few Hardy Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Inside Hardy Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hardy Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #750 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Hardy Township’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($63,102, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hardy Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
How a workday changes Hardy Township
On a workday 1,796 residents head out to work, 525 work right here, and 3,448 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,700 people are in Hardy Township on a workday afternoon, 27% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How long Hardy Township spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hardy Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,572 commuters (the 3% 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 the people who work in Hardy Township live
Where Hardy Township clocks in
16% 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.
What Hardy Township’s employers do
3,973 jobs are based in Hardy Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hardy Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,587 → 3,973. 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 Hardy Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Hardy Township, by distance
About 21% 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.
Hardy Township is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hardy Township is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #105 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 7.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,651 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). 5.9% of Hardy Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hardy Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hardy Township is 2,304th among 3,444 U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,302 | Carterville IL | 5,839 | $62K | 10.9% | 4.7% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,303 | Erwin TN | 6,019 | $47K | 12.6% | 3.2% | 24% | C+ |
| 2,304 | Hardy Township OH | 6,067 | $63K | 12.4% | 4.0% | 23% | C+ |
| 2,305 | Whiting IN | 4,479 | $72K | 17.1% | 11.3% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,306 | Atlantic IA | 6,676 | $61K | 17.4% | 1.1% | 43% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,444 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Hardy Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Bordering towns draw 10% of Hardy Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Prairie Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hardy Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardy Township | – | C+ | A− | 21 min | $63,102 |
| Monroe Township | 2% | B | D− | 23 min | $87,063 |
| Prairie Township | 5% | B | C+ | 24 min | $68,319 |
| Berlin Township | 3% | A− | B+ | 16 min | $94,226 |
| Mechanic Township | under 2% | B | B+ | 23 min | $90,613 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hardy 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 Hardy Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hardy Township?
$63,102 (±$13,932) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hardy Township?
12.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hardy Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hardy Township work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Millersburg (16%, 0 mi), Columbus (6%, 69 mi), Wooster (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hardy Township walkable?
Hardy Township is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hardy Township without a car?
1% 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 Hardy Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hardy 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.