Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Monroe Township works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Monroe Township B; getting around on foot earns it D−. Monroe Township has 239 jobs for 860 working residents. 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Monroe Township and work: the main findings
Monroe Township and Lima trade workers both ways
Lima is the top workplace for Monroe Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Monroe Township come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Monroe Township is a place people come home to
There are 239 jobs based in Monroe Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Monroe Township has about 1,400 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Monroe Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 860 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Monroe Township
On income, poverty and job access, Monroe Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Monroe Township’s grade up (5.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.7%) is left out: Monroe 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, Monroe Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
16% of working residents work in Lima
Where Monroe Township clocks in
16% of workers
13% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Monroe Township
On a workday 849 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 228 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Monroe Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Monroe Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monroe Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 915 commuters (the 3% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 41% of the jobs in Monroe Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monroe Township, 2013 → 2023: 195 → 239. 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 Monroe Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Monroe Township to work
About 21% 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.
In Monroe Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Monroe Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Monroe 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 943 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). 3.0% of Monroe Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Monroe Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Monroe Township ranks: 1,832nd of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 20 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,830 | Carpenter Township IN | 1,998 | $80K | 9.8% | 2.4% | 14% | B |
| 1,831 | Leland Township MI | 2,191 | $93K | 4.8% | 3.0% | 18% | B |
| 1,832 | Monroe Township OH | 2,001 | $73K | 5.7% | 0.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,833 | York Township OH | 2,400 | $80K | 8.0% | 2.1% | 3% | B |
| 1,834 | Santa Nella CA | 2,107 | $99K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Monroe Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Monroe Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bath Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monroe Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Township | – | B | D− | 20 min | $72,917 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 19 min | $83,482 |
| Bath Township | 8% | C+ | C+ | 17 min | $62,500 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 20 min | $85,424 |
| Sugar Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Sugar Creek Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 23 min | $100,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sugar Creek Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Monroe 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 Monroe Township: questions
What is the median household income in Monroe Township?
$72,917 (±$14,595) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monroe Township?
5.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monroe Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monroe Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lima (16%, 9 mi), Bluffton (13%, 9 mi), Bath Township (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Monroe Township walkable?
Monroe Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monroe Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monroe Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monroe 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.