Malaga Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Malaga Township are C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. 22 jobs are based in Malaga Township for 331 working residents. Hardly any stay in Malaga Township for work; outside it, Woodsfield is the main destination (13%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Malaga Township: the gist
Malaga Township is a place people come home to
There are 22 jobs based in Malaga Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Malaga Township has about 710 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Malaga 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 331 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Malaga Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Malaga Township is better than 15% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Malaga Township’s grade up (12.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (12.3%) is left out: Malaga 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, Malaga Township could be anywhere from D− to B−.
A workday in Malaga Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 329 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Malaga Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
How long Malaga Township spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Malaga Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 323 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.
Where the trip to work from Malaga Township ends
Where Malaga Township clocks in
13% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
What Malaga Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Malaga Township, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 22. 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 Malaga Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Malaga Township, by distance
About 29% 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.
Malaga Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Malaga Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Malaga 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 347 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). 3.4% of Malaga Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Malaga Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Malaga Township next to U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400: 2,288th of 3,133 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 35 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Granville South OH | 1,146 | $131K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,286 | Northwest NC | 1,096 | $53K | 19.1% | 10.3% | 1% | C− |
| 2,287 | Raymond Township IL | 1,103 | $64K | 21.5% | 2.0% | 15% | C− |
| 2,288 | Malaga Township OH | 1,016 | $65K | 12.1% | 12.3% | 1% | C− |
| 2,289 | Guyan Township OH | 1,123 | $69K | 14.9% | 6.7% | 4% | C− |
| 2,290 | Lovington IL | 1,010 | $56K | 13.9% | 1.1% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Malaga Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Malaga Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Center Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Malaga Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaga Township | – | C− | D | 28 min | $65,000 |
| Center Township | 4% | D− | A− | 28 min | $48,887 |
| Seneca Township | under 3% | — | — | 51 min | — |
| Somerset Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 38 min | $77,404 |
| Summit Township | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Wayne Township | under 3% | — | — | 76 min | — |
| Sunsbury Township | 3% | D | B | 33 min | $63,487 |
Same-state neighbors only. Seneca Township, Summit Township and Wayne Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Malaga 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 Malaga Township: questions
What is the median household income in Malaga Township?
$65,000 (±$14,943) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Malaga Township?
12.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Malaga Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Malaga Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Woodsfield (13%, 6 mi), Barnesville (4%, 10 mi), Cambridge (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Malaga Township walkable?
Malaga Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Malaga 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 Malaga Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Malaga 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.