Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHolmes Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Home is the office for 4% of workers; Ohio has 13%. 279 jobs are based in Holmes Township for 529 working residents. Holmes Township grades B− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Holmes Township stands out on work
Holmes Township and Bucyrus trade workers both ways
Bucyrus is the top workplace for Holmes Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Holmes Township come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Holmes Township workers work from home
Only 4% 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; with 529 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Holmes Township
On income, poverty and job access, Holmes Township is better than 53% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Holmes Township’s grade up (6.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.2%) is left out: Holmes Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Holmes Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
20% of working residents work in Bucyrus
Where Holmes Township clocks in
20% of workers
8% 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.
How long Holmes Township spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holmes Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 738 commuters (the 4% 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 Holmes Township
On a workday 510 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 260 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Holmes Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
The kinds of work in Holmes Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holmes Township, 2013 → 2023: 278 → 279. 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 Holmes Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Holmes Township to work
About 27% 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.
Most trips from Holmes Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Holmes Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Holmes Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 767 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). 0.0% of Holmes Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Holmes Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,493rd of 4,866: where Holmes Township ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 24 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 47 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,491 | Aplington IA | 1,084 | $75K | 4.6% | 0.9% | 6% | B− |
| 1,492 | Harristown Township IL | 1,684 | $77K | 9.7% | 4.4% | 4% | B− |
| 1,493 | Holmes Township OH | 1,257 | $71K | 6.0% | 2.2% | 4% | B− |
| 1,494 | Haliimaile HI | 1,105 | $88K | 7.9% | 13.3% | <1% | B− |
| 1,495 | Warrenville SC | 1,042 | $53K | 6.0% | 4.1% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Holmes Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door is work for 23% of Holmes Township
The biggest share goes to Bucyrus (20%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Holmes Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes Township | – | B− | D | 22 min | $70,768 |
| Bucyrus | 20% | C− | A− | 21 min | $54,349 |
| Liberty Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 25 min | $77,031 |
| Bucyrus Township | 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Tod Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Lykens Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bucyrus Township, Tod Township and Lykens Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Holmes 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 Holmes Township: questions
What is the median household income in Holmes Township?
$70,768 (±$7,570) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holmes Township?
6.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holmes Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holmes Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bucyrus (20%, 6 mi), Columbus (8%, 61 mi), Mansfield (4%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Holmes Township walkable?
Holmes Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holmes Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holmes Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holmes 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.