Photo: Jaknouse · CC BY-SA 3.0Lodi Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
38 jobs are based in Lodi Township for 518 working residents. Lodi Township grades B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Hardly any stay in Lodi Township for work; outside it, Athens is the main destination (32%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Lodi Township apart
Lodi Township is a place people come home to
There are 38 jobs based in Lodi Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lodi Township has about 880 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Lodi Township works in Athens
166 working residents, 32%, have their main job in Athens, 7.9 miles away. That’s far more as work in Lodi Township itself. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 518 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Lodi Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Lodi Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Lodi Township’s grade up (6.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.8%) is left out: Lodi Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lodi Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
Who works in Lodi Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 516 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Lodi 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.
Where people from Lodi Township work
Where Lodi Township clocks in
32% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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.
The distance from Lodi Township to work
About 31% 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 Lodi Township, 37% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lodi Township, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 38. 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 Lodi Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes to work from Lodi Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lodi Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 515 commuters (the 15% 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 Lodi Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lodi Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 605 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 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% 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 Lodi Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lodi Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lodi Township is 1,858th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800 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+ |
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| 27 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 50 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,856 | Salem SD | 1,357 | $75K | 5.6% | 0.8% | 17% | B− |
| 1,857 | York Township IN | 1,538 | $81K | 11.6% | 1.8% | <1% | B− |
| 1,858 | Lodi Township OH | 1,356 | $90K | 6.5% | 0.8% | <1% | B− |
| 1,859 | Pusheta Township OH | 1,235 | $86K | 10.5% | 1.7% | 5% | B− |
| 1,860 | Perry Township OH | 1,590 | $68K | 5.9% | 1.7% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Lodi Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Lodi Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Alexander Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lodi Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lodi Township | – | B− | C− | 22 min | $89,583 |
| Canaan Township | under 2% | C− | D | 23 min | $57,955 |
| Carthage Township | under 2% | D | D− | 36 min | $53,670 |
| Bedford Township | under 2% | D | C− | 33 min | $60,536 |
| Alexander Township | 3% | C | D− | 32 min | $80,956 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lodi 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 Lodi Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lodi Township?
$89,583 (±$51,947) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lodi Township?
6.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lodi Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lodi Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Athens (32%, 8 mi), Columbus (7%, 73 mi), Alexander Township (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lodi Township walkable?
Lodi Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lodi 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 Lodi Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lodi 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.