Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMonroe Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C+: better than 44% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C+: more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 52% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 32 minutes each way (Ohio 23, U.S. 26). Only 5% work in Monroe Township; the top destination outside it is Ottawa (9%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Monroe Township
Monroe Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Monroe Township empties out on a workday
About 1,400 people are in Monroe Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than the 2,000 who live here: 840 head out to work and 230 come in. 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 879 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Monroe Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Monroe Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Monroe Township’s grade up (8.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (8.8%) is left out: Monroe Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Monroe Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 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 817 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Monroe Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 835 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 233 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Monroe Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.32 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.
9% of working residents work in Ottawa
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Monroe Township clocks in
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 277 jobs in Monroe Township are
277 jobs are based in Monroe Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monroe Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monroe Township, 2013 → 2023: 292 → 277. 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.
Half of Monroe Township commutes less than 18 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 18% 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.
Most trips from Monroe Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Monroe Township is more walkable than 40% 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 865 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). 4.5% of Monroe Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Monroe Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Monroe Township is 2,587th of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Monroe Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,585 | Greenbush Township MI | 2,150 | $72K | 8.0% | 5.8% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,586 | Banks Township MI | 1,666 | $71K | 4.4% | 4.6% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,587 | Monroe Township OH | 2,029 | $77K | 8.6% | 8.8% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,588 | Cussewago Township PA | 1,440 | $75K | 8.6% | 4.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,589 | Cowanshannock Township PA | 2,656 | $64K | 8.9% | 2.7% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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.
Monroe Township and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Monroe Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monroe Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Township | – | C+ | C+ | 32 min | $76,944 |
| Highland Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 21 min | $81,711 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Brown Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 26 min | $73,750 |
| Palmer Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 23 min | $82,194 |
Same-state neighbors only. Perry Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$76,944 (±$15,999) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monroe Township?
8.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monroe Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monroe Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ottawa (9%, 14 mi), Kalida (7%, 10 mi), Defiance (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Monroe Township walkable?
Monroe Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monroe Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% 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.