Lostcreek Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 3% stay in Lostcreek Township for work; outside it, Troy is the main destination (15%, 7 miles). 232 jobs are based in Lostcreek Township, against 734 working residents. The two grades for Lostcreek Township are A for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Lostcreek Township apart
Lostcreek Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Lostcreek Township is better than 86% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Lostcreek Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lostcreek Township could be anywhere from A− to A.
Out of Lostcreek Township to work: where people go
Where Lostcreek Township clocks in
15% of workers
11% 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.
Lostcreek Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 710 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 208 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Lostcreek Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
What Lostcreek Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lostcreek Township, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 232. 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 Lostcreek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way for Lostcreek Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lostcreek Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 702 commuters (the 6% 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.
Miles to work from Lostcreek Township
About 16% 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 Lostcreek Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lostcreek Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lostcreek 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 750 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). 4.0% of Lostcreek Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lostcreek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300, Lostcreek Township comes 440th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 58 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 438 | Reno Township KS | 1,477 | $77K | 1.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| 439 | Concord Township OH | 1,396 | $117K | 1.8% | 2.4% | 1% | A |
| 440 | Lostcreek Township OH | 1,669 | $97K | 1.2% | 1.7% | 3% | A |
| 441 | Red River WI | 1,387 | $97K | 1.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A |
| 442 | Anderson Township IN | 1,285 | $98K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Lostcreek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Lostcreek Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lostcreek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lostcreek Township | – | A | D− | 23 min | $96,667 |
| Elizabeth Township | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 18 min | $125,144 |
| Brown Township | under 2% | A | D− | 19 min | $100,417 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | B− | D | 30 min | $80,852 |
| Staunton Township | under 2% | A− | D | 24 min | $111,458 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lostcreek 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 Lostcreek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lostcreek Township?
$96,667 (±$18,500) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lostcreek Township?
1.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lostcreek Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lostcreek Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Troy (15%, 7 mi), Dayton (11%, 21 mi), Piqua (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lostcreek Township walkable?
Lostcreek Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lostcreek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lostcreek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lostcreek 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.