Photo: User:Nyttend · Public domainLogan Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C+: better than 42% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability D: more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 51% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 25 minutes each way (Ohio 23, U.S. 26). Only 0% work in Logan Township; the top destination outside it is St. Marys (19%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Logan Township, in brief
Logan Township is a place people come home to
There are 55 jobs based in Logan Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Logan Township has about 690 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Logan Township and St. Marys trade workers both ways
St. Marys is the top workplace for Logan Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Logan Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Logan Township workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 524 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Logan Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Logan Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Logan Township’s grade.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Logan 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, Logan Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
Logan Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 523 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Logan Township on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.10 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
19% of working residents work in St. Marys
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Logan Township clocks in
19% of workers
10% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 25 minutes each way, about the OH average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Logan Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 498 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
What the 55 jobs in Logan Township are
55 jobs are based in Logan Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Logan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Logan Township, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 55. 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.
Half of Logan Township commutes less than 14 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 18% 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.
Most trips from Logan Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Logan Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Logan 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 498 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). 2.0% of Logan Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Logan Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Logan Township is 1,797th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Logan Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Coldstream OH | 1,540 | $232K | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,795 | Saranac MI | 1,386 | $67K | 15.3% | 4.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,796 | Morristown MN | 1,023 | $83K | 15.1% | 5.1% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,797 | Logan Township OH | 1,162 | $75K | 11.0% | 0.0% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,798 | Banks Township PA | 1,165 | $64K | 10.3% | 13.8% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,799 | Fairfield Beach OH | 1,432 | $49K | 8.1% | 6.5% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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.
Logan Township and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Logan Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Logan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Township | – | C+ | D | 25 min | $75,000 |
| Moulton Township | under 3% | A− | D− | 21 min | $107,857 |
| Shawnee Township | under 3% | A− | D | 17 min | $92,758 |
| Duchouquet Township | under 3% | C+ | B | 20 min | $68,659 |
| Salem Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Amanda Township | under 3% | B+ | D− | 23 min | $98,750 |
| Buckland | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Salem Township and Buckland: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Logan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Logan Township?
$75,000 (±$24,083) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Logan Township?
11.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Logan Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Logan Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Marys (19%, 9 mi), Wapakoneta (10%, 8 mi), New Bremen (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Logan Township walkable?
Logan Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Logan Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Logan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Logan 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.