With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Johnston Township works elsewhere
For jobs and income Johnston Township is better than 20% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (C). There are 164 jobs in Johnston Township for 722 working residents. Only 4% work in Johnston Township itself; outside it, Warren draws the most (7%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Johnston Township at work: what stands out
What’s behind Johnston Township’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Johnston Township’s grade up (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (28.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Johnston Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Johnston Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Who commutes out of Johnston Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 696 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Johnston Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Commuting out of Johnston Township: the destinations
Where Johnston Township clocks in
7% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Johnston Township: what the 164 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Johnston Township, 2013 → 2023: 153 → 164. 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 Johnston Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Johnston Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Johnston Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 655 commuters (the 14% 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 distance from Johnston Township to work
About 16% 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.
For most of Johnston Township, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 758 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). 3.2% of Johnston Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Johnston Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Johnston Township is 4,102nd of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,100 | Marfa TX | 1,574 | $44K | 26.9% | 0.0% | 45% | C− |
| 4,101 | Duchesne UT | 1,722 | $77K | 14.5% | 4.1% | 22% | C− |
| 4,102 | Johnston Township OH | 1,718 | $61K | 28.4% | 4.1% | 4% | C− |
| 4,103 | Susquehanna Township PA | 1,840 | $52K | 10.3% | 4.7% | 2% | C− |
| 4,104 | Dover VT | 1,827 | $52K | 7.3% | 2.8% | 37% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Johnston Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Johnston Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Johnston Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnston Township | – | C− | C | 25 min | $60,875 |
| Cortland | 4% | B+ | C− | 24 min | $71,563 |
| Gustavus Township | 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Vernon Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 42 min | $54,750 |
| Mecca Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 26 min | $53,571 |
| Fowler Township | under 3% | B | C | 22 min | $75,924 |
Same-state neighbors only. Gustavus Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cortland. Darker towns draw more of Johnston 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 Johnston Township: questions
What is the median household income in Johnston Township?
$60,875 (±$33,605) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Johnston Township?
28.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Johnston Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Johnston Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warren (7%, 13 mi), Niles (4%, 15 mi), Cortland (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Johnston Township walkable?
Johnston Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Johnston Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Johnston Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Johnston 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.