Photo: Christopher L. Riley · CC BY-SA 4.0Earning a living in Napoleon Township
About one in four stay in Napoleon Township for work; outside it, Napoleon is the main destination (28%, 3 miles). Home is the office for 2% of workers; Ohio has 13%. The average commute takes 20 minutes each way, where Ohio has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Napoleon Township apart on work
Napoleon Township trades workers with the towns around it
Napoleon Township has about as many jobs (4,673) as working residents (4,471), but they are mostly different people: 3,379 residents leave for work each day while 3,581 people come in. Only 23% of the jobs in Napoleon Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Napoleon Township and Napoleon trade workers both ways
Napoleon is the top workplace for Napoleon Township residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Napoleon Township come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Napoleon Township makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Napoleon Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Napoleon Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 36%. The jobs ↓
Few Napoleon Township workers work from home
Only 2% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
A workday in Napoleon Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,379 residents head out to work, 1,092 work right here, and 3,581 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Napoleon Township work
Where Napoleon Township clocks in
28% 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.
Goods, not services: 42% of the jobs in Napoleon Township
4,673 jobs are based in Napoleon Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Napoleon Township, 2014 → 2024: 4,865 → 4,673. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Napoleon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Napoleon Township: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Napoleon Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,802 commuters (the 2% 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 Napoleon Township
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Napoleon Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Napoleon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napoleon Township | – | — | — | 20 min | $80,584 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | B | C− | 23 min | $75,551 |
| Flatrock Township | under 2% | B | D | 24 min | $105,529 |
| Harrison Township | 2% | B | D− | 24 min | $68,355 |
| Adams Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Freedom Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Adams Township and Freedom Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Harrison Township. Darker towns draw more of Napoleon 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 2024, 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 Napoleon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Napoleon Township?
$80,584 (±$7,476) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Napoleon Township?
7.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Napoleon Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Napoleon Township work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Napoleon (28%, 3 mi), Defiance (6%, 12 mi), Archbold (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Napoleon 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 Napoleon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Napoleon Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.