Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Middlebury Township earn less than those in 64% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 16.9% of residents, against 13.3% across Ohio. For jobs and income Middlebury Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (C+). Working from home is the commute for 26% of workers, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Middlebury Township in brief
Middlebury Township makes and builds things
94% of the jobs based in Middlebury Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Middlebury Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Middlebury Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
85% of the jobs based in Middlebury Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 59% of the jobs Middlebury Township residents hold. 96% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Middlebury Township. The jobs ↓
Middlebury Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 77 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 526 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Middlebury Township’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Middlebury Township’s grade up (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Middlebury 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, Middlebury Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
Goods, not services: 94% of the jobs in Middlebury Township
507 jobs are based in Middlebury Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Middlebury Township, 2013 → 2023: 663 → 507. 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 Middlebury Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes to work from Middlebury Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Middlebury Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 393 commuters (the 26% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Middlebury Township
On a workday 506 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 487 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 (0.96 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.
22% of working residents work in Mount Vernon
Where Middlebury Township clocks in
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.
How far it is to work from Middlebury Township
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.
For most of Middlebury Township, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 532 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). 34.0% of Middlebury Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Middlebury Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Middlebury Township is 3,761st of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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+ |
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| 28 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 51 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 62 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 3,759 | Brownsboro TX | 1,322 | $62K | 15.4% | 3.2% | 11% | C− |
| 3,760 | Smithville NY | 1,229 | $70K | 11.2% | 7.8% | 1% | C− |
| 3,761 | Middlebury Township OH | 1,437 | $66K | 16.9% | 0.0% | 4% | C− |
| 3,762 | Richland Township OH | 1,217 | $50K | 5.6% | 4.5% | 3% | C− |
| 3,763 | Falkville AL | 1,121 | $47K | 14.9% | 1.9% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Middlebury Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
12% of Middlebury Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Fredericktown (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Middlebury Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlebury Township | – | C− | C+ | 33 min | $66,458 |
| Berlin Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 35 min | $77,500 |
| Fredericktown | 10% | B− | C | 27 min | $65,510 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | C | B | 25 min | $79,485 |
| Wayne Township | 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Perry Township | under 2% | A− | D | 37 min | $98,125 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | D | B− | 27 min | $54,424 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wayne Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Middlebury 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 Middlebury Township: questions
What is the median household income in Middlebury Township?
$66,458 (±$30,585) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Middlebury Township?
16.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Middlebury Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Middlebury Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (22%, 11 mi), Fredericktown (10%, 3 mi), Mansfield (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Middlebury Township walkable?
Middlebury Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Middlebury Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 34% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Middlebury Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Middlebury 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.