Photo: Ɱ · CC BY-SA 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Madison Township
For jobs and income Madison Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 1% stay in Madison Township for work; outside it, Columbus is the main destination (33%, 15 miles). The trip to work takes 22 minutes on average (Ohio 23, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Madison Township in brief
Stores, warehouses and trucking
80% of the jobs in Madison Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Madison Township and Columbus trade workers both ways
Columbus is the top workplace for Madison Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Madison Township come from (33% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The quickest commute around
Madison Township’s 22-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 25 to 30 minutes. Next door ↓
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 864 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Madison Township’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Madison Township’s grade up (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.1%) 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−.
Inside Madison Township’s 664 jobs
664 jobs are based in Madison Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madison Township, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 664. 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.
Where Madison Township’s working residents head each day
Where Madison Township clocks in
33% of workers
4% 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.
Madison Township by day and by night
On a workday 854 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 654 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Madison Township on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 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.
About 22 minutes each way for Madison Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 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 732 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.
How far Madison Township goes to work
About 15% 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.
Driving is how Madison Township gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 815 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). 1.6% 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 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Madison Township comes 2,633rd 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | 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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| 2,631 | Cato NY | 2,401 | $80K | 11.8% | 5.0% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,632 | Damascus Township OH | 1,822 | $76K | 13.1% | 3.0% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,633 | Madison Township OH | 1,833 | $76K | 20.6% | 1.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,634 | Jackson Township OH | 1,907 | $77K | 9.5% | 2.1% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,635 | West Wheatfield Township PA | 2,115 | $73K | 8.9% | 6.2% | 3% | C+ |
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| 5,656 | 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.
Around Madison Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Madison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Township | – | C+ | C− | 22 min | $76,343 |
| Harrison Township | under 3% | B− | C+ | 25 min | $64,423 |
| Bloom Township | under 3% | A+ | C | 28 min | $114,493 |
| Walnut Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 30 min | $101,202 |
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?
$76,343 (±$5,879) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madison Township?
20.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madison Township?
22 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?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (33%, 15 mi), Ashville (4%, 5 mi), Circleville (3%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Madison Township walkable?
Madison Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Madison Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% 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.