Glynnwood Catholic Church · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMoulton Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Moulton Township has 207 jobs, against 790 working residents. The two grades for Moulton Township are A− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Measured by household income, Moulton Township is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Moulton Township apart on work
Moulton Township and St. Marys trade workers both ways
St. Marys is the top workplace for Moulton Township residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Moulton Township come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Moulton Township is a place people come home to
There are 207 jobs based in Moulton Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Moulton Township has about 1,100 people in it, 36% 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 790 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Moulton Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Moulton Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Moulton Township’s grade up (1.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Moulton Township could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
15% of working residents work in St. Marys
Where Moulton Township clocks in
15% of workers
10% of workers
6% 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 Moulton Township
On a workday 777 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Moulton Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
The kinds of work in Moulton Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moulton Township, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 207. 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 Moulton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moulton Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 891 commuters (the 10% 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.
Where in the region Moulton Township works
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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Moulton Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Moulton Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Moulton 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 988 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). 10.7% of Moulton Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Moulton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Moulton Township places 534th of 6,161 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | 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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| 26 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 50 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 532 | Milan Township MI | 1,540 | $96K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 1% | A− |
| 533 | Taylor Township OH | 1,848 | $102K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 1% | A− |
| 534 | Moulton Township OH | 1,636 | $108K | 1.2% | 2.9% | 2% | A− |
| 535 | Albany Township PA | 1,723 | $89K | 3.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A− |
| 536 | Random Lake WI | 1,572 | $90K | 4.4% | 3.5% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | 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 Moulton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Moulton Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moulton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moulton Township | – | A− | D− | 21 min | $107,857 |
| Logan Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 25 min | $75,000 |
| Washington Township | under 3% | B+ | C | 19 min | $82,500 |
| Duchouquet Township | under 3% | C+ | B | 20 min | $68,659 |
| Buckland | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Buckland: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Moulton 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 Moulton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Moulton Township?
$107,857 (±$64,511) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moulton Township?
1.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moulton Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moulton Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Marys (15%, 6 mi), Wapakoneta (10%, 5 mi), Lima (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Moulton Township walkable?
Moulton Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moulton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moulton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moulton 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.