Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Knox Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
For 4% of workers, the job is at home (Ohio 13%). 24 jobs are based in Knox Township, against 479 working residents. Jobs and income earn Knox Township C−; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Knox Township at work: what stands out
Knox Township is a place people come home to
There are 24 jobs based in Knox Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Knox Township has about 720 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Knox Township workers work from home
Only 4% 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 479 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Knox Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Knox Township is better than 18% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Knox Township’s grade up ($65,990, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Knox 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, Knox Township could be anywhere from D− to A−.
How a workday changes Knox Township
On a workday 478 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Knox Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Time on the road from Knox Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Knox Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 542 commuters (the 4% 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.
11% of working residents work in Wooster
Where Knox Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
In Knox Township, 33% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Knox Township, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 24. 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 Knox Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Knox Township’s workers travel
About 22% 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.
Few in Knox Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Knox Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 2.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 563 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 Knox Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Knox Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Knox Township ranks 3,045th of 4,312 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Coldstream OH | 1,540 | $232K | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,043 | Dick Johnson Township IN | 1,321 | $63K | 18.1% | 0.0% | <1% | C− |
| 3,044 | Amboy Township MI | 1,176 | $61K | 10.7% | 0.8% | 2% | C− |
| 3,045 | Knox Township OH | 1,178 | $66K | 17.4% | 0.0% | <1% | C− |
| 3,046 | Belcourt ND | 1,547 | $91K | 27.7% | 0.0% | 48% | C− |
| 3,047 | Lincoln MO | 1,197 | $63K | 12.8% | 1.8% | 12% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 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 Knox Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Knox Township
The biggest share goes to Monroe Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Knox Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knox Township | – | C− | C+ | 25 min | $65,990 |
| Washington Township | under 3% | B | D | 23 min | $80,086 |
| Monroe Township | 3% | B | D− | 23 min | $87,063 |
| Richland Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 28 min | $50,000 |
| Ripley Township | 3% | D | C+ | 30 min | $63,696 |
| Nashville | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Hanover Township | under 3% | B− | B | 23 min | $55,417 |
Same-state neighbors only. Nashville and Jefferson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Knox 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 Knox Township: questions
What is the median household income in Knox Township?
$65,990 (±$57,563) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Knox Township?
17.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Knox Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Knox Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wooster (11%, 21 mi), Millersburg (8%, 12 mi), Columbus (7%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Knox Township walkable?
Knox Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 2.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Knox 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 Knox Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Knox 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.