Photo: LeeG7144 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Madison Township works elsewhere
Madison Township has 3,743 jobs, against 8,546 working residents. The two grades for Madison Township are B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in ten work in Madison Township itself; outside it, Mentor draws the most (12%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Madison Township, in brief
The better-paid jobs are outside Madison Township
63% of Madison Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Madison Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 88% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Madison Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Madison Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Madison Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #573 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Madison Township’s grade. It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Madison Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
What Madison Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madison Township, 2014 → 2024: 3,295 → 3,743. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Madison Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 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 8,032 commuters (the 11% 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 many people are in Madison Township by day
On a workday 7,548 residents head out to work, 998 work right here, and 2,745 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Madison Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Madison Township: the destinations
Where Madison Township clocks in
12% of workers
12% of workers
5% 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 commute from Madison Township, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Madison Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Madison Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns, #396 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,024 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 42% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 26% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 45% 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). 4.4% of Madison Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Madison Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,165th of 1,915: where Madison Township ranks among U.S. towns of 13,000 to 25,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Powell OH | 18,269 | $195K | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,163 | Villas FL | 13,644 | $58K | 10.0% | 3.5% | 8% | B− |
| 1,164 | Port Wentworth GA | 17,604 | $80K | 11.2% | 5.1% | 3% | B− |
| 1,165 | Madison Township OH | 18,468 | $74K | 8.2% | 4.4% | 12% | B− |
| 1,166 | Butler Township PA | 16,902 | $77K | 7.6% | 5.3% | 16% | B− |
| 1,167 | Palmetto FL | 13,562 | $63K | 13.5% | 2.6% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,915 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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.
The towns around Madison Township
The biggest share goes to Perry Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Madison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Township | – | B− | B− | 28 min | $73,533 |
| Perry Township | 2% | A− | B | 27 min | $103,882 |
| Thompson Township | under 3% | B+ | B− | 28 min | $91,275 |
| Geneva Township | under 3% | C+ | B− | 28 min | $58,649 |
| Harpersfield Township | under 3% | B | D | 34 min | $65,541 |
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 2024, 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?
$73,533 (±$3,925) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madison Township?
8.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madison Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Madison Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mentor (12%, 20 mi), Cleveland (12%, 43 mi), Painesville (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Madison Township walkable?
Madison Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Madison Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 26% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 2024, 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.