Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMoorefield Township’s household incomes are higher than in 63% of U.S. towns
About one in ten stay in Moorefield Township for work; outside it, Springfield is the main destination (30%, 5 miles). Below the poverty line: 7.6% of residents, against 13.3% across Ohio. The two grades for Moorefield Township are B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Moorefield Township stands out on work
Moorefield Township makes and builds things
56% of the jobs based in Moorefield Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Moorefield Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Moorefield Township and Springfield trade workers both ways
Springfield is the top workplace for Moorefield Township residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Moorefield Township come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Where Moorefield Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Moorefield Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns, #406 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Moorefield Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Moorefield Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Moorefield Township works in goods: 56% of its jobs
3,602 jobs are based in Moorefield Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moorefield Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,531 → 3,602. 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 Moorefield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from Moorefield Township work
Where Moorefield Township clocks in
30% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Moorefield Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 4,868 residents head out to work, 432 work right here, and 3,170 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Moorefield Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.68 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.
From Moorefield Township, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moorefield Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,832 commuters (the 11% 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 Moorefield Township
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.
Few in Moorefield Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Moorefield Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns, #821 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,399 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). 4.3% of Moorefield Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Moorefield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Moorefield Township is 1,063rd of 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 4 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,061 | North Branch MN | 12,398 | $90K | 7.7% | 4.1% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,062 | Plumsted Township NJ | 9,991 | $104K | 6.8% | 6.7% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,063 | Moorefield Township OH | 12,578 | $86K | 7.6% | 4.1% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,064 | Collinsville OK | 9,956 | $91K | 9.1% | 4.4% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,065 | Santa Clara OR | 10,551 | $88K | 8.9% | 4.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Moorefield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
32% of Moorefield Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moorefield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorefield Township | – | B+ | C− | 26 min | $85,583 |
| Springfield | 30% | C− | A− | 21 min | $47,143 |
| German Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 28 min | $73,617 |
| Springfield Township | 2% | A− | C− | 24 min | $88,180 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 30 min | $77,583 |
| Urbana Township | under 2% | B− | B | 24 min | $69,458 |
| Union Township | under 2% | C | D | 21 min | $56,331 |
| Harmony Township | under 2% | A− | D | 22 min | $95,966 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Springfield. Darker towns draw more of Moorefield 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 Moorefield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Moorefield Township?
$85,583 (±$9,239) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moorefield Township?
7.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moorefield Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moorefield Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (30%, 5 mi), Columbus (6%, 40 mi), Urbana (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Moorefield Township walkable?
Moorefield Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moorefield Township without a car?
0% 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 Moorefield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moorefield 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.