Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0More people are out of work in Mill Township (7.0%) than in 82% of U.S. towns
The average commute takes 26 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. Mill Township grades D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in five work in Mill Township itself; outside it, Uhrichsville draws the most (12%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The figures behind Mill Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mill Township is better than 15% of U.S. towns, #929 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Mill Township’s grade up (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (22.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mill Township could be anywhere from D to C.
Who leaves Mill Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,371 residents head out to work, 912 work right here, and 1,844 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,100 people are in Mill Township on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 people from Mill Township work
Where Mill Township clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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 Mill Township’s employers do
2,756 jobs are based in Mill Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mill Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,901 → 2,756. 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 Mill Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Mill Township: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mill Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,813 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Mill 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.
Most trips from Mill Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mill Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #196 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Mill 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 4,122 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). 7.8% of Mill Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mill Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mill Township next to U.S. towns of 6,700 to 13,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,535 | Antigo WI | 8,060 | $46K | 19.5% | 4.5% | 40% | D |
| 2,536 | Coloma Township IL | 10,277 | $52K | 22.3% | 5.8% | 12% | D |
| 2,537 | Mill Township OH | 9,639 | $54K | 22.2% | 7.0% | 21% | D |
| 2,538 | Branson MO | 12,921 | $52K | 20.2% | 5.8% | 45% | D |
| 2,539 | Virginia MN | 8,187 | $52K | 18.0% | 5.6% | 37% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,816 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Mill Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Mill Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Dennison (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mill Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Township | – | D | B+ | 26 min | $54,216 |
| Union Township | under 2% | D | D− | 27 min | $49,602 |
| Dennison | 4% | D | B | 26 min | $51,992 |
| Rush Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Goshen Township | 3% | B | B− | 23 min | $65,407 |
| Warwick Township | under 2% | B | C− | 26 min | $79,455 |
| Midvale | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | D | C | 23 min | $58,354 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rush Township, Midvale and Franklin Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mill 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 Mill Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mill Township?
$54,216 (±$2,921) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mill Township?
22.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mill Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mill Township work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Uhrichsville (12%, 3 mi), New Philadelphia (10%, 10 mi), Dover (10%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mill Township walkable?
Mill Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mill Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mill Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mill 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.