Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Lee Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Lee Township report 71 jobs, against 409 working residents. For jobs and income Lee Township is better than 3% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (D). Household incomes here are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Lee Township in brief
Lee Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 153 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Lee Township is a place people come home to
There are 71 jobs based in Lee Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lee Township has about 690 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 409 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Lee Township: the grade in detail
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Lee Township’s grade.
Unemployment (5.2%) is left out: Lee 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, Lee Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
From Lee Township, about 43 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lee Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 411 commuters (the 13% 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.
Lee Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 409 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Lee Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
17% of working residents work in Carrollton
Where Lee Township clocks in
17% of workers
8% of workers
3% 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.
A place that makes things: 86% of Lee Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lee Township, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 71. 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 Lee Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Lee Township to work
About 24% 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 Lee Township walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 471 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). 16.2% of Lee Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lee Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, and where Lee Township sits
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 35 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Granville South OH | 1,146 | $131K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,906 | California Township MI | 1,190 | $47K | 40.7% | 3.2% | <1% | D− |
| 2,907 | Moore Township MI | 1,092 | $49K | 18.6% | 3.6% | 3% | D− |
| 2,908 | Lee Township OH | 1,023 | $54K | 29.7% | 5.2% | 0% | D− |
| 2,909 | Mesa Verde CA | 1,016 | $51K | 19.1% | 5.6% | 2% | D− |
| 2,910 | Scottville MI | 1,348 | $52K | 27.5% | 4.5% | 5% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Lee Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Lee Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Springfield Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lee Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Township | – | D− | D | 43 min | $54,219 |
| Loudon Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 30 min | $64,722 |
| Springfield Township | 2% | C− | D | 29 min | $61,406 |
| Fox Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Loudon Township and Union Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Fox Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lee 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 Lee Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lee Township?
$54,219 (±$12,454) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lee Township?
29.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lee Township?
43 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lee Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carrollton (17%, 7 mi), Canton (8%, 28 mi), Minerva (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lee Township walkable?
Lee Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lee Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lee Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lee 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.