John Miller House · Photo: Sanfranman59 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Lake Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Lake Township is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns. There are 6,302 jobs in Lake Township, against 13,162 working residents. Lake Township grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Income, poverty and work: Lake Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lake Township is better than 87% of U.S. towns, #165 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Lake Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lake Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How a workday changes Lake Township
On a workday 11,691 residents head out to work, 1,471 work right here, and 4,831 people come in from elsewhere.
About 24,000 people are in Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
15% of working residents work in Akron
Where Lake Township clocks in
15% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
What Lake Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,357 → 6,302. 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 Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Lake 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 Lake Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,086 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Lake Township
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 Lake Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #593 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 14,053 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 Lake Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lake Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lake Township places 307th of 1,415 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 21,000 to 41,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| 8 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 305 | Lisle IL | 23,432 | $107K | 5.9% | 4.2% | 6% | A |
| 306 | Darien CT | 22,583 | $250K | 5.8% | 5.1% | 13% | A |
| 307 | Lake Township OH | 30,523 | $101K | 5.2% | 3.0% | 11% | A |
| 308 | Shoreview MN | 26,906 | $108K | 5.6% | 4.3% | 6% | A |
| 309 | Cottonwood Heights UT | 32,265 | $119K | 7.6% | 3.4% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,415 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Lake Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Lake Township
The biggest share goes to Green (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Township | – | A | C+ | 25 min | $101,402 |
| Plain Township | 2% | A− | B | 21 min | $74,848 |
| Marlboro Township | under 2% | B− | B− | 21 min | $90,198 |
| Green | 5% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $95,047 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lake 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 Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Township?
$101,402 (±$6,905) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Township?
5.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake 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 Lake Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Akron (15%, 13 mi), Jackson Township (9%, 9 mi), Canton (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lake Township walkable?
Lake Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Township without a car?
0% 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 Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake 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.