Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Madison Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 46 jobs in Madison Township, against 773 working residents. For jobs and income Madison Township is better than 52% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). Hardly any work in Madison Township itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (24%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Madison Township, in brief
Madison Township is a place people come home to
There are 46 jobs based in Madison Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Madison Township has about 1,100 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Madison Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Madison Township is Columbus, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (183) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Madison Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 773 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Madison Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Madison Township’s grade up ($94,653, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.2%) is left out: Madison 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, Madison Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Who leaves Madison Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 773 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Madison Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
How far Madison Township goes to work
About 19% 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.
Getting to work from Madison Township takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 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 633 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.
Where Madison Township’s working residents head each day
Where Madison Township clocks in
24% of workers
17% 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.
Goods, not services: 37% of the jobs in Madison Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madison Township, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 46. 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.
In Madison Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Madison Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Madison 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 701 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). 2.7% 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.
Ranked on jobs and income, Madison Township is 1,945th among 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | 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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| 22 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,943 | Canosia Township MN | 2,187 | $88K | 4.9% | 8.1% | 3% | B− |
| 1,944 | Barrington NY | 1,526 | $91K | 5.9% | 0.0% | 4% | B− |
| 1,945 | Madison Township OH | 1,803 | $95K | 10.6% | 7.2% | 0% | B− |
| 1,946 | Tyhee ID | 1,568 | $93K | 11.9% | 5.4% | 3% | B− |
| 1,947 | Spring Park MN | 1,647 | $48K | 9.0% | 8.9% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | 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 Madison Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next 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 | – | B− | D− | 34 min | $94,653 |
| Clearcreek Township | under 2% | B | D | 29 min | $97,500 |
| Hocking Township | under 2% | A− | C | 34 min | $86,958 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | D | D | 32 min | $59,229 |
| Good Hope Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 35 min | $80,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$94,653 (±$15,319) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madison Township?
10.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madison Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Madison Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (24%, 32 mi), Lancaster (17%, 9 mi), Greenfield Township (3%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Madison Township walkable?
Madison Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Madison 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 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.