Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Lincoln Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Lincoln Township report 101 jobs for 861 working residents. The two grades for Lincoln Township are C− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Hardly any work in Lincoln Township; the top destination outside it is Columbus (14%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Lincoln Township
Lincoln Township is a place people come home to
There are 101 jobs based in Lincoln Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lincoln Township has about 1,400 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lincoln Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lincoln Township is Columbus, 34 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (122) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The quickest commute around
Lincoln Township’s 27-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 30 to 36 minutes. Next door ↓
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 861 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Lincoln Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lincoln Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Lincoln Township’s grade up (ahead of 56% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (8.0%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lincoln Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
Lincoln Township by day and by night
On a workday 854 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Lincoln Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lincoln Township
About 17% 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.
The towns that employ Lincoln Township’s residents
Where Lincoln Township clocks in
14% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
Goods jobs make up 48% of work in Lincoln Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lincoln Township, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 101. 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 Lincoln Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Lincoln Township: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lincoln Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 959 commuters (the 10% 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.
For most of Lincoln Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lincoln Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,060 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). 2.8% of Lincoln Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lincoln Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lincoln Township is 3,761st of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900 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 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,759 | Richfield NY | 2,052 | $60K | 18.2% | 3.7% | 11% | C− |
| 3,760 | Otego NY | 2,694 | $78K | 8.5% | 9.5% | 10% | C− |
| 3,761 | Lincoln Township OH | 2,164 | $70K | 18.1% | 8.0% | 1% | C− |
| 3,762 | Cleveland FL | 2,683 | $47K | 9.5% | 0.0% | 3% | C− |
| 3,763 | Broad Creek NC | 1,836 | $58K | 7.8% | 2.1% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Lincoln Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Lincoln Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lincoln Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Township | – | C− | D− | 27 min | $70,151 |
| Peru Township | under 2% | A | C− | 31 min | $125,179 |
| Cardington Township | under 2% | B | D | 30 min | $67,391 |
| Westfield Township | under 2% | B | D− | 36 min | $67,826 |
| Harmony Township | under 2% | A− | D | 32 min | $118,375 |
| Gilead Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 34 min | $59,088 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lincoln 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 Lincoln Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lincoln Township?
$70,151 (±$12,320) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lincoln Township?
18.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lincoln Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lincoln Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (14%, 34 mi), Delaware (10%, 17 mi), Cardington (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lincoln Township walkable?
Lincoln Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lincoln Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lincoln Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lincoln 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.