Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Henry Township are lower than in 71% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Henry Township; the top destination outside it is Findlay (18%, 12 miles). Below the poverty line: 12.6% of residents (Ohio 13.3%). The two grades for Henry Township are B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Henry Township, in a few figures
Henry Township trades workers with the towns around it
Henry Township has about as many jobs (1,861) as working residents (1,909), but they are mostly different people: 1,678 residents leave for work each day while 1,630 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Henry Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Henry Township makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Henry Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Henry Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 36%. The jobs ↓
Henry Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Henry Township went from 1,225 in 2013 to 1,861 in 2023, +52%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Henry Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Henry Township is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #660 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Henry Township’s grade up (3.1%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($61,708, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Henry Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
How many people are in Henry Township by day
On a workday 1,678 residents head out to work, 231 work right here, and 1,630 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 (0.97 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Goods jobs make up 43% of work in Henry Township
1,861 jobs are based in Henry Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Henry Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,225 → 1,861. 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 Henry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Henry Township commutes to
Where Henry Township clocks in
18% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
About 21 minutes each way for Henry Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Henry Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,461 commuters (the 10% 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.
How many miles Henry Township commutes
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Henry Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Henry Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns, #390 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, the same share as across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,623 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). 2.2% of Henry Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Henry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Henry Township is 2,306th of 4,112 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 54 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 62 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 85 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,304 | East Palestine OH | 4,613 | $50K | 15.6% | 1.5% | 10% | B− |
| 2,305 | Newark Valley NY | 3,500 | $81K | 11.9% | 3.7% | 9% | B− |
| 2,306 | Henry Township OH | 4,124 | $62K | 12.6% | 3.1% | 12% | B− |
| 2,307 | Harlem GA | 4,239 | $46K | 10.8% | 2.3% | 3% | B− |
| 2,308 | Canton TX | 5,070 | $51K | 11.7% | 0.7% | 19% | B− |
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| 4,112 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Henry Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work next door: 11% of Henry Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Allen Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Henry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Township | – | B− | B− | 21 min | $61,708 |
| Bloom Township | 5% | B− | D | 22 min | $74,000 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | B | D− | 22 min | $70,057 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Portage Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Allen Township | 6% | A− | C | 16 min | $104,229 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township and Portage Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Henry 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 Henry Township: questions
What is the median household income in Henry Township?
$61,708 (±$10,124) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Henry Township?
12.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Henry Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Henry Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Findlay (18%, 12 mi), North Baltimore (11%, 3 mi), Bowling Green (10%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Henry Township walkable?
Henry Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Henry Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Henry Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Henry 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.