Photo: OZinOH on Flickr · CC BY 2.0Unemployment in Jefferson Township (2.0%) is lower than in 85% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Jefferson Township is behind 78% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Jefferson Township is better than 55% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (C−). At home: 5% of workers have no commute at all (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Jefferson Township apart on work
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Jefferson Township
Unemployment holds Jefferson Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($57,108, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jefferson Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Jefferson Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jefferson Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,352 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.
How a workday changes Jefferson Township
On a workday 1,725 residents head out to work, 408 work right here, and 2,696 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,200 people are in Jefferson Township on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 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.
13% of working residents work in Jefferson
Where Jefferson Township clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 32% of the jobs in Jefferson Township
3,104 jobs are based in Jefferson Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jefferson Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,038 → 3,104. 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 Jefferson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Jefferson Township, by distance
About 17% 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 of Jefferson Township commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,476 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). 2.2% of Jefferson Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jefferson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Jefferson Township ranks: 1,768th of 3,582 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 33 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 47 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 61 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,766 | Antis Township PA | 6,340 | $72K | 11.1% | 2.8% | 10% | B− |
| 1,767 | Eaton Rapids MI | 5,218 | $64K | 13.5% | 1.6% | 12% | B− |
| 1,768 | Jefferson Township OH | 5,246 | $57K | 7.2% | 2.0% | 19% | B− |
| 1,769 | Hazel Green AL | 3,940 | $86K | 10.4% | 4.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,770 | Butte AK | 4,085 | $101K | 6.7% | 3.6% | — | B− |
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| 3,582 | 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 Jefferson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Jefferson Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jefferson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Township | – | B− | C− | 28 min | $57,108 |
| Austinburg Township | under 3% | B− | B | 28 min | $80,750 |
| Plymouth Township | under 3% | B− | D | 28 min | $70,455 |
| Denmark Township | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Lenox Township | under 3% | D | D− | 27 min | $49,474 |
Same-state neighbors only. Denmark Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jefferson 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 Jefferson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Jefferson Township?
$57,108 (±$6,691) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jefferson Township?
7.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jefferson Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jefferson Township work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jefferson (13%, 1 mi), Ashtabula (10%, 9 mi), Geneva (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jefferson Township walkable?
Jefferson Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jefferson Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jefferson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jefferson 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.