Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLenox Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Measured by household income, Lenox Township is behind 88% of U.S. towns. Lenox Township has 62 jobs, against 587 working residents. For jobs and income Lenox Township is better than 6% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Lenox Township apart
The figures behind Lenox Township’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Lenox Township’s grade up (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (28.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (7.7%) is left out: Lenox 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, Lenox Township could be anywhere from D− to C+.
How many people are in Lenox Township by day
On a workday 575 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in Lenox Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
8% of working residents work in Jefferson
Where Lenox Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
Lenox Township makes things: 34% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lenox Township, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 62. 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 Lenox Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Lenox Township’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lenox Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 429 commuters (the 7% 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 Lenox Township
About 19% 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.
Lenox Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lenox Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lenox 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 459 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). 8.0% of Lenox Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lenox Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lenox Township next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900: 5,206th of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,204 | Drywood Township MO | 1,240 | $56K | 18.1% | 2.9% | 4% | D |
| 5,205 | Olive Township OH | 1,650 | $51K | 15.4% | 14.7% | 3% | D |
| 5,206 | Lenox Township OH | 1,378 | $49K | 28.0% | 7.7% | 2% | D |
| 5,207 | Upper Fruitland NM | 1,457 | $49K | 29.3% | 12.1% | 0% | D |
| 5,208 | Stoneville NC | 1,364 | $45K | 28.3% | 8.1% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Lenox Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Lenox Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lenox Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenox Township | – | D | D− | 27 min | $49,474 |
| Morgan Township | under 3% | B− | C+ | 33 min | $78,289 |
| Dorset Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| New Lyme Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 33 min | $54,915 |
| Jefferson Township | 6% | B− | C− | 28 min | $57,108 |
| Cherry Valley Township | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dorset Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Cherry Valley Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Jefferson Township. Darker towns draw more of Lenox 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 Lenox Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lenox Township?
$49,474 (±$34,876) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lenox Township?
28.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lenox Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lenox Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jefferson (8%, 4 mi), Ashtabula (7%, 14 mi), Jefferson Township (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lenox Township walkable?
Lenox Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lenox Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lenox Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lenox 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.