Most of Lee Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Lee Township report 491 jobs; 1,119 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Lee Township are B for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 7% stay in Lee Township for work; outside it, Athens is the main destination (32%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Lee Township
The figures behind Lee Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lee Township is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #516 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Lee Township’s grade up (2.4%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lee Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Where Lee Township’s working residents head each day
Where Lee Township clocks in
32% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
How many people are in Lee Township by day
On a workday 1,045 residents head out to work, 74 work right here, and 417 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Lee 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.
The kinds of work in Lee Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lee Township, 2013 → 2023: 394 → 491. 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.
How long Lee Township spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 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 1,150 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.
How far Lee Township goes to work
About 27% 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.
Getting around Lee Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lee Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns, #839 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,331 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.6% 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.
Lee Township next to U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800: 1,821st of 4,703 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,819 | Enterprise UT | 2,445 | $91K | 2.4% | 1.6% | 13% | B |
| 1,820 | Springvale Township MI | 2,122 | $102K | 3.2% | 4.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,821 | Lee Township OH | 2,804 | $82K | 7.7% | 2.4% | 7% | B |
| 1,822 | Warwick Township OH | 2,732 | $79K | 14.5% | 1.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,823 | Pine Canyon CA | 2,477 | $111K | 6.3% | 5.2% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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.
The towns around Lee Township
The biggest share goes to Alexander Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lee Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Township | – | B | C− | 26 min | $81,761 |
| Alexander Township | 2% | C | D− | 32 min | $80,956 |
| Columbia Township | under 2% | D | D | 27 min | $59,479 |
| Knox Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Waterloo Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 34 min | $67,188 |
Same-state neighbors only. Knox Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, 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?
$81,761 (±$14,215) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lee Township?
7.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lee Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lee Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Athens (32%, 9 mi), Albany (6%, 2 mi), Columbus (6%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lee Township walkable?
Lee Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 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 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.