Photo: dok1 · CC BY 2.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Madison Township works elsewhere
The two grades for Madison Township are B− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Employers in Madison Township report 263 jobs for 1,488 working residents. Measured by household income, Madison Township is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Madison Township
Madison Township is a place people come home to
There are 263 jobs based in Madison Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Madison Township has about 2,600 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Madison Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Madison Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Madison Township fell from 367 in 2013 to 263 in 2023, −28%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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.
The figures behind Madison Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Madison Township is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #623 of 992 in Ohio. Household income holds Madison Township’s grade up ($99,032, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Madison Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Who works in Madison Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,433 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 208 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Madison Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 31 minutes each way for Madison Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 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 1,506 commuters (the 7% 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.
Jobs in Madison Township: what the 263 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madison Township, 2013 → 2023: 367 → 263. 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.
21% of working residents work in Portsmouth
Where Madison Township clocks in
21% 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.
How many miles Madison Township commutes
About 27% 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 7% of U.S. towns, #932 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,621 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). 2.8% 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 4,430 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,100, Madison Township comes 2,299th on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 44 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 52 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 55 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 2,297 | Zillah WA | 3,111 | $75K | 6.5% | 5.4% | 10% | B− |
| 2,298 | Ishpeming Township MI | 3,449 | $94K | 4.3% | 7.0% | 6% | B− |
| 2,299 | Madison Township OH | 3,775 | $99K | 11.8% | 3.5% | 4% | B− |
| 2,300 | Auglaize Township OH | 2,831 | $82K | 3.2% | 7.3% | 7% | B− |
| 2,301 | Helemano HI | 2,691 | $83K | 12.4% | 16.8% | 0% | B− |
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| 4,430 | 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.
Next door 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 | 31 min | $99,032 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | C | D | 26 min | $68,345 |
| Hamilton Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 27 min | $51,967 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | D− | D | 36 min | $35,188 |
| Bloom Township | under 2% | C | D− | 36 min | $57,857 |
| Clarktown | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hamilton Township and Clarktown: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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?
$99,032 (±$9,771) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madison Township?
11.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madison Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Madison Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portsmouth (21%, 12 mi), Scioto Township (6%, 10 mi), Minford (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Madison Township walkable?
Madison Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 1% 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.