Photo: dok1 · CC BY 2.0Lawrence Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Lawrence Township report 73 jobs, against 944 working residents. For jobs and income Lawrence Township is better than 7% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). 1% of workers work from 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
What the numbers say about work in Lawrence Township
Lawrence Township is a place people come home to
There are 73 jobs based in Lawrence Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lawrence Township has about 1,400 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Lawrence Township workers work from home
Only 1% 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 944 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Lawrence Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Household income holds Lawrence Township’s grade up ($65,904, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (26.6%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Lawrence Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lawrence Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
How a workday changes Lawrence Township
On a workday 927 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Lawrence 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.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Lawrence Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lawrence Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 945 commuters (the 1% 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.
12% of working residents work in Ironton
Where Lawrence Township clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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.
84% of the jobs in Lawrence Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lawrence Township, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 73. 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 Lawrence Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Lawrence Township works
About 26% 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.
Lawrence Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lawrence Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lawrence Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 955 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). 0.2% of Lawrence Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lawrence Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000, Lawrence Township ranks 4,574th of 5,102 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,572 | Hartland ME | 1,890 | $46K | 16.0% | 3.9% | 7% | D |
| 4,573 | Ripley NY | 2,255 | $53K | 15.0% | 4.0% | 12% | D |
| 4,574 | Lawrence Township OH | 2,245 | $66K | 26.6% | 0.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,575 | Cherryvale SC | 2,611 | $40K | 23.0% | 26.7% | 1% | D |
| 4,576 | McConnelsville OH | 1,637 | $50K | 16.6% | 1.9% | 13% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Lawrence Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Lawrence Township
The biggest share goes to Aid Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lawrence Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Township | – | D | D− | 25 min | $65,904 |
| Aid Township | 2% | — | — | 44 min | — |
| Perry Township | under 2% | C | C− | 21 min | $56,484 |
| Windsor Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 29 min | $69,684 |
| Upper Township | under 2% | D | B | 22 min | $48,548 |
| Fayette Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 22 min | $58,302 |
Same-state neighbors only. Aid Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lawrence 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 Lawrence Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lawrence Township?
$65,904 (±$6,606) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lawrence Township?
26.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lawrence Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lawrence Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ironton (12%, 8 mi), Ashland (10%, 9 mi), Huntington (10%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lawrence Township walkable?
Lawrence Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lawrence Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lawrence Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lawrence 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.