Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMillcreek Township has higher household incomes than 95% of U.S. towns
37% of workers work from home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. 2.3% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. Jobs and income earn Millcreek Township A+; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Millcreek Township: the figures worth knowing
A lot of Millcreek Township works from home
37% of Millcreek Township workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
Millcreek Township is a place people come home to
There are 197 jobs based in Millcreek Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Millcreek Township has about 1,000 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 751 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Millcreek Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Millcreek Township is among the top U.S. towns. Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Millcreek Township stays A+.
About 23 minutes to work from Millcreek Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millcreek Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 701 commuters (the 37% 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.
Millcreek Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 747 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Millcreek Township on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.26 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.
23% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Millcreek Township clocks in
23% of workers
16% of workers
8% 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.
Making and building: 47% of jobs based in Millcreek Township
197 jobs are based in Millcreek Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millcreek Township, 2013 → 2023: 222 → 197. 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 Millcreek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Millcreek Township to work
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.
Driving is how Millcreek Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Millcreek Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,105 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). 4.8% of Millcreek Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 12% of Millcreek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Millcreek Township next to U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100: 48th of 5,794 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 25 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Bartonville TX | 1,937 | $149K | 4.3% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 47 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 48 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 49 | Head of the Harbor NY | 1,481 | $250K | 4.6% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| 50 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 61 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 64 | Five Points OH | 2,031 | $144K | 1.9% | 4.4% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Millcreek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Bordering towns draw 18% of Millcreek Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Marysville (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Millcreek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millcreek Township | – | A+ | B− | 23 min | $151,434 |
| Dover Township | under 2% | A | D | 25 min | $94,760 |
| Jerome Township | 2% | A+ | D | 29 min | $175,797 |
| Marysville | 16% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $92,619 |
| Paris Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $92,127 |
| Concord Township | under 2% | A | D | 32 min | $153,941 |
| Darby Township | under 2% | A− | D | 25 min | $134,773 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Millcreek 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 Millcreek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Millcreek Township?
$151,434 (±$29,617) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millcreek Township?
2.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millcreek Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 37% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millcreek Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (23%, 20 mi), Marysville (16%, 6 mi), Dublin (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Millcreek Township walkable?
Millcreek Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Millcreek Township without a car?
12% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millcreek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millcreek 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.