Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnemployment in Margaretta Township (5.5%) is higher than in 68% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 6% of workers, against 13% across Ohio. For jobs and income Margaretta Township is better than 39% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (C−). About one in seven stay in Margaretta Township for work; outside it, Sandusky is the main destination (18%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Margaretta Township: the gist
Margaretta Township makes and builds things
69% of the jobs based in Margaretta Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Margaretta Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
Margaretta Township trades workers with the towns around it
Margaretta Township has about as many jobs (2,988) as working residents (2,675), but they are mostly different people: 2,337 residents leave for work each day while 2,650 people come in. Only 11% of the jobs in Margaretta Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Margaretta Township and Sandusky trade workers both ways
Sandusky is the top workplace for Margaretta Township residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Margaretta Township come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Margaretta Township: the grade in detail
Household income holds Margaretta Township’s grade up ($78,333, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Margaretta Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Goods jobs make up 69% of work in Margaretta Township
2,988 jobs are based in Margaretta Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Margaretta Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,429 → 2,988. 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 Margaretta Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Margaretta Township by day
On a workday 2,337 residents head out to work, 338 work right here, and 2,650 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 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.
Where the trip to work from Margaretta Township ends
Where Margaretta Township clocks in
18% of workers
10% 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.
The trip to work from Margaretta Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Margaretta Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,321 commuters (the 6% 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 it is to work from Margaretta Township
About 19% 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.
Few in Margaretta Township walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,473 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 40% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.1% of Margaretta Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Margaretta Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Margaretta Township places 2,304th of 3,541 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 28 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 42 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 58 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 2,302 | Kalkaska Township MI | 5,207 | $64K | 13.6% | 2.1% | 29% | C+ |
| 2,303 | Crittenden KY | 4,185 | $57K | 9.5% | 5.2% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,304 | Margaretta Township OH | 5,385 | $78K | 13.6% | 5.5% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,305 | Forty Fort PA | 4,280 | $74K | 11.6% | 8.6% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,306 | South Huntingdon Township PA | 5,303 | $71K | 9.4% | 9.7% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,541 | 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 Margaretta Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work next door: 28% of Margaretta Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Margaretta Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaretta Township | – | C+ | C− | 24 min | $78,333 |
| Sandusky | 18% | D | A+ | 18 min | $50,139 |
| Perkins Township | 10% | A− | B+ | 17 min | $76,659 |
| Portage Township | under 3% | B− | C | 42 min | $85,325 |
| Townsend Township | under 3% | B− | C | 22 min | $52,128 |
| Groton Township | under 3% | A− | C | 18 min | $93,843 |
| Danbury Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 26 min | $75,575 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sandusky. Darker towns draw more of Margaretta 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 Margaretta Township: questions
What is the median household income in Margaretta Township?
$78,333 (±$7,444) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Margaretta Township?
13.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Margaretta Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Margaretta Township work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sandusky (18%, 6 mi), Perkins Township (10%, 7 mi), Fremont (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Margaretta Township walkable?
Margaretta Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Margaretta Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Margaretta Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Margaretta 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.