Photo: Ibagli · Public domainLicking Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Licking Township has 901 jobs for 2,250 working residents. The two grades for Licking Township are A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 3% stay in Licking Township for work; outside it, Columbus is the main destination (20%, 30 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Licking Township stands out on work
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Licking Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Licking Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns, #209 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment is its strongest input (2.0%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Licking Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Where in the region Licking Township works
About 15% 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.
In and out of Licking Township on a workday
On a workday 2,190 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 841 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Licking Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where Licking Township goes to work
Where Licking Township clocks in
20% of workers
15% of workers
8% 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.
Licking Township makes things: 31% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Licking Township, 2013 → 2023: 863 → 901. 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 Licking Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Licking Township: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Licking Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,693 commuters (the 18% 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.
In Licking Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Licking Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns, #699 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,077 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). 2.3% of Licking Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Licking Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Licking Township places 642nd of 3,692 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 33 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 59 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 65 | Sharon Township OH | 6,117 | $126K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 640 | Chesapeake Beach MD | 6,466 | $139K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 6% | A− |
| 641 | Rochester MA | 5,956 | $120K | 5.4% | 3.2% | 9% | A− |
| 642 | Licking Township OH | 4,996 | $92K | 7.0% | 2.0% | 3% | A− |
| 643 | Kensington CA | 5,179 | $237K | 3.6% | 7.6% | 3% | A− |
| 644 | Prairie Heights WA | 4,998 | $131K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,692 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Licking Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
13% of Licking Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Heath (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Licking Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licking Township | – | A− | C | 26 min | $92,048 |
| Union Township | 2% | B+ | C+ | 24 min | $95,347 |
| Heath | 8% | B | B | 24 min | $71,917 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | A | D− | 31 min | $114,516 |
| Hebron | 3% | B | C− | 26 min | $66,627 |
| Bowling Green Township | under 2% | A | D− | 35 min | $111,683 |
| Thornport | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Buckeye Lake | under 2% | B+ | A− | 22 min | $79,286 |
| Thorn Township | under 2% | A | C− | 27 min | $96,463 |
Same-state neighbors only. Thornport: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Licking 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 Licking Township: questions
What is the median household income in Licking Township?
$92,048 (±$27,953) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Licking Township?
7.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Licking Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Licking Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (20%, 30 mi), Newark (15%, 7 mi), Heath (8%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Licking Township walkable?
Licking Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Licking Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Licking Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Licking 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.