With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Killbuck Township works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Killbuck Township C; getting around on foot earns it B. Killbuck Township has 402 jobs, and 839 of its residents work somewhere. For 2% of workers, the job is at home (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Killbuck Township: the gist
Killbuck Township makes and builds things
61% of the jobs based in Killbuck Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Killbuck Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 34%. The jobs ↓
Few Killbuck Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 839 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Killbuck Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Killbuck Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Killbuck Township’s grade up (9.6%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.4%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Killbuck Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Killbuck Township works in goods: 61% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Killbuck Township, 2013 → 2023: 290 → 402. 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 Killbuck Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Killbuck Township’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Killbuck Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,110 commuters (the 2% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Killbuck Township
On a workday 784 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 347 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Killbuck Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
12% of working residents work in Millersburg
Where Killbuck Township clocks in
12% 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.
How far it is to work from Killbuck Township
About 18% 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 Killbuck Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Killbuck Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,138 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). 2.6% of Killbuck Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Killbuck Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Killbuck Township next to U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600: 3,746th of 5,921 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 47 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 3,744 | Whiteoak Township OH | 1,331 | $78K | 13.2% | 1.3% | 2% | C |
| 3,745 | Eagle Township OH | 1,353 | $90K | 19.3% | 6.5% | 3% | C |
| 3,746 | Killbuck Township OH | 1,924 | $66K | 9.6% | 6.4% | 7% | C |
| 3,747 | Beaver Township PA | 1,782 | $64K | 8.5% | 3.7% | 8% | C |
| 3,748 | Conyngham Township PA | 1,336 | $60K | 12.6% | 3.0% | <1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | 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 Killbuck Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Killbuck Township
The biggest share goes to Mechanic Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Killbuck Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killbuck Township | – | C | B | 22 min | $65,938 |
| Richland Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 28 min | $50,000 |
| Mechanic Township | 3% | B | B+ | 23 min | $90,613 |
| Monroe Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Clark Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Monroe Township and Clark Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Killbuck 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 Killbuck Township: questions
What is the median household income in Killbuck Township?
$65,938 (±$27,742) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Killbuck Township?
9.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Killbuck Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Killbuck Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Millersburg (12%, 6 mi), Wooster (7%, 23 mi), Hardy Township (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Killbuck Township walkable?
Killbuck Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Killbuck Township without a car?
1% 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 Killbuck Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Killbuck 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.