Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAt 2.3%, unemployment in Madison Township is lower than in 80% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 79% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Madison Township are C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 5% of workers have no commute at all, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Madison Township
Madison Township makes and builds things
65% of the jobs based in Madison Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Madison Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
Madison Township and Springfield trade workers both ways
Springfield is the top workplace for Madison Township residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Madison Township come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 988 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Madison Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Madison Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns, #706 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Madison Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($56,654, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Madison Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
65% of the jobs in Madison Township make or build things
875 jobs are based in Madison Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madison Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,014 → 875. 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 Madison Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
17% of working residents work in Springfield
Where Madison Township clocks in
17% of workers
9% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Madison Township
On a workday 848 residents head out to work, 140 work right here, and 735 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Madison Township’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Madison Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,067 commuters (the 5% 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.
How far it is to work from Madison 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.
Most of Madison Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Madison Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #557 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,128 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). 6.3% of Madison Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Madison Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,868 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400, Madison Township comes 2,593rd 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+ |
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| 28 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 32 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 38 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 2,591 | Elmwood Place OH | 2,083 | $45K | 12.9% | 8.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,592 | Carroll NY | 3,389 | $77K | 6.5% | 6.2% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,593 | Madison Township OH | 2,526 | $57K | 14.0% | 2.3% | 14% | C+ |
| 2,594 | Dauphin Island AL | 1,929 | $67K | 6.6% | 14.3% | 21% | C+ |
| 2,595 | Cleves OH | 3,391 | $77K | 13.7% | 6.7% | 3% | C+ |
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| 4,868 | 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 Madison Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Madison Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Madison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Township | – | C+ | C+ | 23 min | $56,654 |
| Harmony Township | under 2% | A− | D | 22 min | $95,966 |
| Green Township | under 2% | B− | C | 23 min | $79,762 |
| Paint Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Ross Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Stokes Township | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Paint Township, Ross Township and Stokes Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Madison 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 Madison Township: questions
What is the median household income in Madison Township?
$56,654 (±$10,071) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madison Township?
14.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madison Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Madison Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (17%, 11 mi), South Charleston (9%, 1 mi), London (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Madison Township walkable?
Madison Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Madison Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Madison Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Madison 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.