Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Jackson Township works elsewhere
278 jobs are based in Jackson Township for 1,343 working residents. Jackson Township grades A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. For 5% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Jackson Township, in a few figures
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Jackson Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Jackson Township is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #318 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Jackson Township’s grade up (3.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jackson Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
The daily flow of workers through Jackson Township
On a workday 1,276 residents head out to work, 67 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Jackson Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
20% of working residents work in Lima
Where Jackson Township clocks in
20% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Jackson Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jackson Township, 2013 → 2023: 248 → 278. 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 Jackson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Jackson Township, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jackson Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,303 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 Jackson Township
About 18% 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.
Driving is how Jackson Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jackson Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns, #938 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,374 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 Jackson Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jackson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Jackson Township places 985th of 4,562 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 983 | Santa Claus IN | 2,641 | $90K | 3.7% | 1.8% | 7% | A− |
| 984 | Westworth Village TX | 2,737 | $86K | 12.2% | 2.9% | 1% | A− |
| 985 | Jackson Township OH | 3,088 | $88K | 3.4% | 2.4% | 5% | A− |
| 986 | Virginia Gardens FL | 2,307 | $70K | 6.4% | 3.7% | 2% | A− |
| 987 | Kennebunkport ME | 3,717 | $103K | 4.6% | 3.7% | 14% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | 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 Jackson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Jackson Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bath Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jackson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Township | – | A− | D | 20 min | $88,487 |
| Bath Township | 8% | C+ | C+ | 17 min | $62,500 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 19 min | $83,482 |
| Auglaize Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 26 min | $82,159 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | C+ | A− | 22 min | $63,657 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jackson 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 Jackson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Jackson Township?
$88,487 (±$10,482) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jackson Township?
3.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jackson Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jackson Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lima (20%, 10 mi), Bath Township (8%, 6 mi), Shawnee Township (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jackson Township walkable?
Jackson Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jackson Township without a car?
0% 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 Jackson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jackson 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.