Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMadison Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Jobs and income earn Madison Township B+; getting around on foot earns it C+. Madison Township has 669 jobs for 1,693 working residents. About one in ten stay in Madison Township for work; outside it, Fremont is the main destination (10%, 13 miles).
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
How Madison Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Madison Township is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #417 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment is its strongest input (2.2%, U.S. 5.2%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($77,137, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Madison Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Jobs in Madison Township: what the 669 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madison Township, 2013 → 2023: 891 → 669. 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.
How many people are in Madison Township by day
On a workday 1,496 residents head out to work, 197 work right here, and 472 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Madison Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Where people from Madison Township work
Where Madison Township clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
Getting to work from Madison Township takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 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 1,569 commuters (the 8% 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.
The commute from Madison Township, by distance
About 20% 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.
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 39% of U.S. towns, #570 of 993 in Ohio. 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 1,711 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). 5.1% 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.
How Madison Township ranks: 1,404th of 4,355 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 42 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,402 | Salt Creek Township OH | 4,739 | $85K | 13.4% | 0.2% | 15% | B+ |
| 1,403 | Lordstown OH | 3,303 | $66K | 8.1% | 2.8% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,404 | Madison Township OH | 3,549 | $77K | 9.3% | 2.2% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,405 | Country Club MO | 2,512 | $81K | 6.8% | 3.2% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,406 | Baker Township KS | 3,483 | $99K | 6.8% | 3.9% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 | – | B+ | C+ | 24 min | $77,137 |
| Woodville Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 25 min | $84,141 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | A− | D | 23 min | $86,167 |
| Scott Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 24 min | $76,250 |
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?
$77,137 (±$9,514) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madison Township?
9.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madison Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Madison Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fremont (10%, 13 mi), Toledo (9%, 23 mi), Gibsonburg (9%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Madison Township walkable?
Madison Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 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 5% 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.