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Jobs & commute in Jackson Township

Jackson Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Jobs and income earn Jackson Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D−. Jackson Township has 27 jobs, against 515 working residents. Hardly any work in Jackson Township; the top destination outside it is Marysville (14%, 19 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

Jackson Township at work: what stands out

Jackson Township is a place people come home to

There are 27 jobs based in Jackson Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Jackson Township has about 660 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Jackson Township workers spend longer getting to work

The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 515 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

Jobs & income grade

Income, poverty and work: Jackson Township’s grade explained

On income, poverty and job access, Jackson Township is better than 73% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Jackson Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.

Household income $92,625 (±$31,734) · OH $71,389 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 71% of U.S. towns
Poverty 0.0% · OH 13.3% · U.S. 12.5%Among the top U.S. towns
Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 25% of U.S. towns

Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Jackson Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.

B−A−

A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Jackson Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

★ What stands out · Day and night

A workday in Jackson Township: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 512 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.

512live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
24work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,200
Workday660
1,200live here− 510head out to work+ 24come in to work= 660on a workday

About 660 people are in Jackson Township on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.05jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

Time on the road

Commuting from Jackson Township: about 29 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
225 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Jackson Township29 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
9%

of Jackson Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Jackson Township gets to work
93%Drive alone
7%Carpool

Share of the 444 commuters (the 9% 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 commute map

Where the trip to work from Jackson Township ends

West MansfieldOstranderRichwood: 39 residents work here (8%)CardingtonWorthington: 9 residents work here (2%)GalionMarion: 14 residents work here (3%)Marysville: 74 residents work here (14%)Dublin: 14 residents work here (3%)Delaware: 19 residents work here (4%)Columbus: 71 residents work here (14%)Marion Township: 13 residents work here (3%)Canaan TownshipClaibourne TownshipJackson TownshipYork TownshipAllen Township: 25 residents work here (5%)Washington TownshipPerry Township: 17 residents work here (3%)MarysvilleColumbusRichwoodAllen TownshipDelawarePerry TownshipJackson Township
1
Marysville18.7 mi away
14%74
2
Columbus39.4 mi away
14%71
3
Richwood4.7 mi away
8%39
4
Allen Township18.6 mi away
5%25
5
Delaware19.6 mi away
4%19
6
Perry Township15.6 mi away
3%17
7
Marion13.5 mi away
3%14
8
Dublin27.8 mi away
3%14
9
Marion Township13.4 mi away
3%13
10
Worthington31.8 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%220
The top trips

Where Jackson Township clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

What Jackson Township’s employers do

Jobs based in Jackson TownshipJobs Jackson Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms15%24%
Trade, transport & utilities7%22%
Services: health, schools, offices78%54%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less22%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%22%
Over $3,333 a month44%68%

Who does it

29 or younger30%21%
30 to 5448%57%
55 and older22%22%

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.

How far

Miles to work from Jackson Township

10 mi25 mi45 miMarysville: 14% · 18.7 miColumbus: 14% · 39.4 miRichwood: 8% · 4.7 miAllen Township: 5% · 18.6 miDelaware: 4% · 19.6 miPerry Township: 3% · 15.6 miMarion: 3% · 13.5 miDublin: 3% · 27.8 miMarion Township: 3% · 13.4 miWorthington: 2% · 31.8 miMarysville 14%Columbus 14%Richwood 8%Allen Township 5%Delaware 4%Jackson Township
Jackson TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
10%Under 10 mi54 residents
41%10–24 mi211 residents
34%25–50 mi176 residents
14%Over 50 mi74 residents

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.

Getting around · Walkability grade

In Jackson Township, the car does most of the work

On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jackson Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Jackson Township near the same point nationally.

EPA walkability index 1.9 of 20 · typical OH town 5.9 · U.S. 6.9Near the bottom of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 0.0% of commuters · OH 3.7% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 7% of U.S. towns
D−D−

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 488 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 Jackson Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jackson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.

Towns its size

For jobs and income, Jackson Township is 601st of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600

#TownPeopleHousehold incomePovertyUnemploymentWork in townGrade
1Somerset MD1,151$250K1.9%2.3%<1%A+
2Bellerose NY1,169$232K1.6%6.1%1%A+
3Baxter Estates NY1,014$154K1.0%3.1%1%A+
…
41Millcreek Township OH1,562$151K2.3%0.0%1%A+
…
48Bratenahl OH1,396$138K4.4%0.8%1%A+
…
55Coldstream OH1,540$232K0.6%1.9%1%A+
…
599Stony Point NC1,372$73K1.7%0.0%1%B+
600Robins AFB GA1,193$107K5.9%9.9%2%B+
601Jackson Township OH1,152$93K0.0%0.0%1%B+
602Little Wolf WI1,373$94K4.6%1.2%1%B+
603Bogart GA1,326$90K7.9%1.3%3%B+
…
4,312Oglala SD1,071$21K68.8%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 Jackson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.

Next door

Work in the towns next to Jackson Township

Washington Township: few work hereClaibourne Township: few work hereWashington TownshipClaibourne TownshipJackson Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Claibourne Township27 min
Jackson Township29 min
Washington Township30 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownJackson Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Jackson Township–B+D−29 min$92,625
Washington Townshipunder 2%——30 min—
Claibourne Townshipunder 2%C+B−27 min$66,163

Same-state neighbors only. Washington 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Jackson Township: questions

What is the median household income in Jackson Township?

$92,625 (±$31,734) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Jackson Township?

0.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Jackson Township?

29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Jackson Township work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marysville (14%, 19 mi), Columbus (14%, 39 mi), Richwood (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Is Jackson Township walkable?

Jackson Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 1.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.

Can you get around Jackson 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 Jackson Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Jackson Township

Jackson Township home →

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.