Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Jackson Township are lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Jackson Township; the top destination outside it is Greenville (16%, 12 miles). 22.1% of residents live below the poverty line; Ohio has 13.3%. Jobs and income earn Jackson Township D; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Jackson Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Jackson Township is better than 6% of U.S. towns, #975 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Jackson Township’s grade up (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($44,018, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jackson Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
A workday in Jackson Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 976 residents head out to work, 113 work right here, and 394 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Jackson Township on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.47 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where the trip to work from Jackson Township ends
Where Jackson Township clocks in
16% of workers
6% 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.
Making and building: 28% of jobs based in Jackson Township
507 jobs are based in Jackson Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jackson Township, 2013 → 2023: 487 → 507. 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.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Jackson Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 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 1,002 commuters (the 7% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Jackson Township
About 24% 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.
Few in Jackson Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jackson Township is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns, #185 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,081 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). 10.0% 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.
U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600, and where Jackson Township sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,442 | Spring City TN | 1,989 | $39K | 18.3% | 9.1% | 7% | D |
| 4,443 | Morristown NY | 2,058 | $66K | 29.7% | 7.8% | 12% | D |
| 4,444 | Jackson Township OH | 2,657 | $44K | 22.1% | 7.4% | 10% | D |
| 4,445 | Raccoon Township OH | 2,137 | $47K | 17.0% | 3.0% | 7% | D |
| 4,446 | Grove City FL | 2,106 | $53K | 19.8% | 7.2% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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.
Jackson Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Washington Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jackson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Township | – | D | B+ | 25 min | $44,018 |
| Washington Township | 2% | C+ | C+ | 20 min | $68,242 |
| Brown Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 29 min | $69,750 |
| Mississinawa Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mississinawa Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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?
$44,018 (±$9,117) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jackson Township?
22.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jackson Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jackson Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (16%, 12 mi), Union City (6%, 4 mi), Union City (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jackson Township walkable?
Jackson Township is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jackson Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% 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.