Middle Sandy Presbyterian Church · Photo: Roseohioresident · CC0Knox Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Knox Township report 597 jobs, against 1,563 working residents. The two grades for Knox Township are B− for jobs and income and D for walkability. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Knox Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Knox Township is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #663 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Knox Township’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Knox Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Knox Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,479 residents head out to work, 84 work right here, and 513 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Knox Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
14% of working residents work in Alliance
Where Knox Township clocks in
14% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Knox Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Knox Township, 2013 → 2023: 580 → 597. 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 long Knox Township spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 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 1,924 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Knox Township
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.
Knox Township is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,015 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). 2.1% 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 2,700 to 5,300, Knox Township ranks 2,433rd of 4,364 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 52 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 61 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 83 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,431 | Canton TX | 5,070 | $51K | 11.7% | 0.7% | 19% | B− |
| 2,432 | Athens NY | 3,917 | $85K | 6.6% | 6.3% | 5% | B− |
| 2,433 | Knox Township OH | 3,914 | $71K | 11.8% | 4.0% | 5% | B− |
| 2,434 | Humboldt Hill CA | 3,551 | $72K | 15.0% | 2.6% | 4% | B− |
| 2,435 | Burbank WA | 3,589 | $93K | 14.5% | 4.9% | 9% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,364 | 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 Knox Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Knox Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Butler Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Knox Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knox Township | – | B− | D | 24 min | $71,396 |
| Butler Township | 2% | B+ | B− | 27 min | $72,630 |
| West Township | under 2% | C | D− | 26 min | $74,727 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 27 min | $86,671 |
| Smith Township | 2% | B+ | D | 24 min | $69,010 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$71,396 (±$10,864) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Knox Township?
11.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Knox Township?
24 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?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alliance (14%, 6 mi), Salem (9%, 10 mi), Sebring (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Knox Township walkable?
Knox Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Knox 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 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.