Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Lick Township earn less than those in 92% of U.S. towns
Only 5% stay in Lick Township for work; outside it, Jackson is the main destination (22%, 2 miles). 18.4% of residents are in poverty; Ohio has 13.3%. Lick Township grades C for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lick Township, in a few figures
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Lick Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lick Township is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #789 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Lick Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($46,078, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lick Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Where the trip to work from Lick Township ends
Where Lick Township clocks in
10% of workers
4% 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.
Lick Township by day and by night
On a workday 861 residents head out to work, 50 work right here, and 941 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Factories, building and farms: 29% of the jobs in Lick Township
991 jobs are based in Lick Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lick Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,170 → 991. 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 Lick Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes to work from Lick Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lick Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 923 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Lick Township
About 25% 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.
Most of Lick Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lick Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns, #744 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Lick 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 1,045 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). 8.2% of Lick Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lick Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Lick Township ranks: 3,053rd of 4,797 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,051 | Mobridge SD | 3,192 | $65K | 18.3% | 0.9% | 46% | C |
| 3,052 | Marcellus Township MI | 2,411 | $73K | 10.8% | 5.9% | 9% | C |
| 3,053 | Lick Township OH | 2,652 | $46K | 18.4% | 0.0% | 5% | C |
| 3,054 | Gumlog GA | 2,382 | $69K | 11.4% | 3.6% | 3% | C |
| 3,055 | Mount Sterling IL | 2,155 | $59K | 12.3% | 3.1% | 34% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | 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 Lick Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work next door: 24% of Lick Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lick Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lick Township | – | C | C− | 23 min | $46,078 |
| Jackson | 22% | C | A− | 16 min | $53,538 |
| Coal Township | under 2% | D− | C | 23 min | $55,647 |
| Franklin Township | 2% | D− | D | 32 min | $54,333 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | C− | D | 41 min | $64,670 |
| Milton Township | under 2% | — | D− | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Jackson. Darker towns draw more of Lick 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 Lick Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lick Township?
$46,078 (±$15,041) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lick Township?
18.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lick Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lick Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (22%, 2 mi), Wellston (10%, 6 mi), Columbus (4%, 67 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lick Township walkable?
Lick Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lick 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 Lick Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lick 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.