Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLanier Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
326 jobs are based in Lanier Township, against 1,600 working residents. For jobs and income Lanier Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 5% work in Lanier Township; the top destination outside it is Eaton (16%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Lanier Township: the gist
Lanier Township is a place people come home to
There are 326 jobs based in Lanier Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lanier Township has about 2,400 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The quickest commute around
Lanier Township’s 24-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 28 to 32 minutes. Next door ↓
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.
Where Lanier Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Lanier Township’s grade up (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($62,689, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lanier Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Who leaves Lanier Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,517 residents head out to work, 83 work right here, and 243 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Lanier Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Where the trip to work from Lanier Township ends
Where Lanier Township clocks in
16% 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.
Lanier Township works in goods: 33% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lanier Township, 2013 → 2023: 284 → 326. 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 Lanier Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Lanier Township’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lanier Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,410 commuters (the 12% 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.
Where in the region Lanier Township works
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 Lanier Township, the car does most of the work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,597 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). 1.7% of Lanier Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lanier Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000, Lanier Township ranks 2,455th of 4,318 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 43 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 50 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 53 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 2,453 | Tompkins Township MI | 2,641 | $87K | 9.3% | 6.2% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,454 | Madison NH | 2,728 | $103K | 4.7% | 7.3% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,455 | Lanier Township OH | 3,691 | $63K | 8.7% | 5.3% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,456 | Harrison Township OH | 4,257 | $77K | 13.1% | 4.8% | 12% | C+ |
| 2,457 | Galena KS | 2,788 | $49K | 13.0% | 1.6% | 18% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | 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 Lanier Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Lanier Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lanier Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanier Township | – | C+ | C− | 24 min | $62,689 |
| Gratis Township | under 2% | B | D | 29 min | $88,523 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 28 min | $77,199 |
| Twin Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 30 min | $71,563 |
| Gratis | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Gasper Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 32 min | $85,769 |
Same-state neighbors only. Gratis: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lanier 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 Lanier Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lanier Township?
$62,689 (±$8,353) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lanier Township?
8.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lanier Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lanier Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eaton (16%, 6 mi), Dayton (8%, 19 mi), West Alexandria (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lanier Township walkable?
Lanier Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lanier 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 Lanier Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lanier 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.