Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHartland Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Hartland Township; the top destination outside it is Norwalk (22%, 8 miles). 100 jobs are based in Hartland Township for 458 working residents. Jobs and income earn Hartland Township C+; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Hartland Township: the gist
Hartland Township and Norwalk trade workers both ways
Norwalk is the top workplace for Hartland Township residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Hartland Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Hartland Township is a place people come home to
There are 100 jobs based in Hartland Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hartland Township has about 680 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 458 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Hartland Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Hartland Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Hartland Township’s grade up (9.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Hartland 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, Hartland Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
Out of Hartland Township to work: where people go
Where Hartland Township clocks in
22% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Who works in Hartland Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 455 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Hartland Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Making and building: 88% of jobs based in Hartland Township
100 jobs are based in Hartland Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hartland Township, 2014 → 2024: 42 → 100. 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 Hartland Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hartland Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 382 commuters (the 12% 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.
Hartland Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% 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.
In Hartland Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hartland Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 14.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 435 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). 4.9% of Hartland Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Hartland Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Hartland Township is 1,271st of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 35 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Granville South OH | 1,146 | $131K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,269 | Cleveland Township MI | 1,135 | $82K | 7.9% | 1.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,270 | Torrey NY | 1,286 | $96K | 11.2% | 6.0% | 10% | C+ |
| 1,271 | Hartland Township OH | 1,035 | $73K | 9.1% | 2.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,272 | Sumpter WI | 1,030 | $59K | 7.1% | 0.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,273 | Moorcroft WY | 1,023 | $71K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 8% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Hartland Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Hartland Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hartland Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartland Township | – | C+ | B− | 27 min | $73,295 |
| Clarksfield Township | under 2% | C | D− | 29 min | $72,917 |
| Townsend Township | under 2% | B | C | 28 min | $72,424 |
| Fitchville Township | under 2% | C | D− | 31 min | $75,662 |
| Bronson Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 15 min | $69,453 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hartland 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 Hartland Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hartland Township?
$73,295 (±$32,970) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hartland Township?
9.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hartland Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hartland Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Norwalk (22%, 8 mi), Perkins Township (4%, 18 mi), New London (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hartland Township walkable?
Hartland Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hartland Township without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hartland Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hartland 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.