Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJohnson Township’s household incomes are lower than in 74% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 7.4% of residents, against 13.3% across Ohio. The two grades for Johnson Township are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. About one in ten stay in Johnson Township for work; outside it, Urbana is the main destination (10%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Johnson Township apart on work
Johnson Township makes and builds things
70% of the jobs based in Johnson Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Johnson Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 34%. The jobs ↓
Johnson Township trades workers with the towns around it
Johnson Township has about as many jobs (1,365) as working residents (1,174), but they are mostly different people: 1,034 residents leave for work each day while 1,225 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Johnson Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Johnson Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The jobs in Johnson Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
76% of the jobs based in Johnson Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 60% of the jobs Johnson Township residents hold. 90% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Johnson Township. The jobs ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Johnson Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Johnson Township is better than 39% of U.S. towns, #734 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Johnson Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($59,967, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Johnson Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Factories, building and farms: 70% of the jobs in Johnson Township
1,365 jobs are based in Johnson Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Johnson Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,343 → 1,365. 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 Johnson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Johnson Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,034 residents head out to work, 140 work right here, and 1,225 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 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.
About 30 minutes to work from Johnson Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Johnson Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,374 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.
Where Johnson Township goes to work
Where Johnson Township clocks in
10% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Johnson Township
About 20% 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.
In Johnson Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Johnson Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns, #939 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Johnson 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 1,477 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). 3.6% of Johnson Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Johnson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Johnson Township is 2,741st among 4,562 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+ |
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| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,739 | Bristol ME | 2,969 | $101K | 6.4% | 7.7% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,740 | Tuscarora Township MI | 3,113 | $66K | 11.7% | 2.1% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,741 | Johnson Township OH | 3,135 | $60K | 7.4% | 5.6% | 12% | C+ |
| 2,742 | Ashford AL | 2,470 | $65K | 15.0% | 3.0% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,743 | Lincoln AR | 2,370 | $68K | 12.4% | 3.1% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Johnson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Johnson Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Johnson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Township | – | C+ | D | 30 min | $59,967 |
| Adams Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 30 min | $106,389 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | B− | D | 30 min | $80,852 |
| Brown Township | under 2% | A | D− | 19 min | $100,417 |
| Concord Township | under 2% | A | D− | 33 min | $116,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Johnson 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 Johnson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Johnson Township?
$59,967 (±$14,145) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Johnson Township?
7.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Johnson Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Johnson Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Urbana (10%, 12 mi), Springfield (6%, 18 mi), St. Paris (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Johnson Township walkable?
Johnson Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Johnson Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Johnson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Johnson 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.