Most of Madison Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Madison Township has 58 jobs; 487 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Madison Township C+; getting around on foot earns it D−. For 2% of workers, the job is at home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Madison Township
Madison Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Madison Township is Columbus, 43 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (42) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Madison Township is a place people come home to
There are 58 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 960 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Madison Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 92 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 487 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Madison Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Madison Township is better than 41% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Madison Township’s grade.
Unemployment (0.0%) 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 D to A−.
Miles to work from Madison Township
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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How a workday changes Madison Township
On a workday 484 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Madison Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
About 35 minutes each way for Madison Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 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 652 commuters (the 2% 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.
9% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Madison Township clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Madison Township makes things: 74% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madison Township, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 58. 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.
Getting around Madison Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Madison Township is more walkable than 3% 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 664 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). 0.0% 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 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Madison Township comes 2,590th on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 28 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 51 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 62 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,588 | Morrill ME | 1,031 | $74K | 6.3% | 3.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,589 | Whitehall Township MI | 1,798 | $79K | 13.3% | 6.8% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,590 | Madison Township OH | 1,386 | $71K | 9.7% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,591 | Aurora WI | 1,020 | $79K | 5.8% | 5.3% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,592 | Panaca NV | 1,015 | $64K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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.
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
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Madison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Township | – | C+ | D− | 35 min | $71,042 |
| Hopewell Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 39 min | $105,840 |
| Hopewell Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 30 min | $95,927 |
| Clayton Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 38 min | $44,740 |
| Newton Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 26 min | $68,462 |
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?
$71,042 (±$21,147) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madison Township?
9.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madison Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Madison Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (9%, 43 mi), Newark (8%, 19 mi), Lancaster (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Madison Township walkable?
Madison Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 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 0% 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.