Benjamin Whiteman House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAt 5.5%, unemployment in Miami Township is higher than in 68% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Miami Township itself; outside it, Yellow Springs draws the most (20%, 1 miles). The two grades for Miami Township are B for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average; Ohio averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Miami Township: the figures worth knowing
Miami Township trades workers with the towns around it
Miami Township has about as many jobs (2,109) as working residents (1,853), but they are mostly different people: 1,469 residents leave for work each day while 1,725 people come in. Only 18% of the jobs in Miami Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Miami Township and Yellow Springs trade workers both ways
Yellow Springs is the top workplace for Miami Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Miami Township come from (14% 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.
What’s behind Miami Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Miami Township is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #467 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Miami Township’s grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Miami Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Who commutes out of Miami Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,469 residents head out to work, 384 work right here, and 1,725 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 (1.14 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 Miami Township ends
Where Miami Township clocks in
20% of workers
10% 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.
Inside Miami Township’s 2,109 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Miami Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,627 → 2,109. 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 Miami Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Miami Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,954 commuters (the 17% 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 Miami Township’s workers travel
About 16% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Miami Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Miami Township is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #95 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 7.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,343 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 20% 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). 7.2% of Miami Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Miami Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,544th of 3,758: where Miami Township ranks among U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 33 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 59 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 65 | Sharon Township OH | 6,117 | $126K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,542 | North Syracuse NY | 6,773 | $71K | 9.2% | 3.8% | 5% | B |
| 1,543 | Lebanon Township NJ | 6,229 | $130K | 7.9% | 8.2% | 4% | B |
| 1,544 | Miami Township OH | 5,008 | $89K | 8.0% | 5.5% | 21% | B |
| 1,545 | Delaware Township PA | 4,287 | $75K | 8.6% | 2.4% | 4% | B |
| 1,546 | Tequesta FL | 6,299 | $98K | 7.7% | 6.2% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,758 | 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 Miami Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Miami Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Mad River Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Miami Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Township | – | B | A− | 21 min | $89,156 |
| Cedarville Township | under 3% | A− | A− | 16 min | $95,357 |
| Green Township | under 3% | B− | C | 23 min | $79,762 |
| Bath Township | under 3% | B− | A− | 21 min | $62,856 |
| Xenia Township | under 3% | B+ | B+ | 21 min | $95,313 |
| Clifton | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Mad River Township | 2% | B+ | D | 24 min | $83,700 |
Same-state neighbors only. Clifton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Miami 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 Miami Township: questions
What is the median household income in Miami Township?
$89,156 (±$16,345) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Miami Township?
8.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Miami Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Miami Township work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yellow Springs (20%, 1 mi), Dayton (10%, 17 mi), Springfield (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Miami Township walkable?
Miami Township is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Miami Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Miami Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Miami 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.