Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Newberry Township works elsewhere
About one in ten work in Newberry Township itself; outside it, Troy draws the most (14%, 11 miles). There are 1,373 jobs in Newberry Township, and 3,086 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Newberry Township B+; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Newberry Township apart on work
How Newberry Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Newberry Township is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #429 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Newberry Township’s grade up (3.8%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($71,641, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Newberry Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
A place that makes things: 36% of Newberry Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newberry Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,404 → 1,373. 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 Newberry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Newberry Township by day
On a workday 2,742 residents head out to work, 344 work right here, and 1,029 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Newberry Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 places Newberry Township commutes to
Where Newberry Township clocks in
14% of workers
9% 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.
About 26 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newberry Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,759 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.
How far it is to work from Newberry Township
About 16% 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.
Most of Newberry Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Newberry Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns, #516 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Newberry 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 3,104 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). 5.0% of Newberry Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Newberry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Newberry Township ranks: 1,320th of 3,283 U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
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| 24 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,318 | Jonesborough TN | 6,990 | $74K | 11.7% | 1.7% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,319 | Napoleon Township MI | 6,706 | $74K | 7.9% | 2.3% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,320 | Newberry Township OH | 6,623 | $72K | 3.8% | 4.2% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,321 | Bethlehem Township OH | 5,519 | $71K | 8.9% | 2.9% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,322 | Mount Carmel OH | 4,890 | $70K | 13.7% | 1.7% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,283 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Newberry Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Newberry Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Newberry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newberry Township | – | B+ | C+ | 26 min | $71,641 |
| Newton Township | under 3% | A− | C | 22 min | $87,889 |
| Washington Township | under 3% | A− | B− | 20 min | $80,246 |
| Adams Township | under 3% | B− | D | 23 min | $69,327 |
| Loramie Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 24 min | $88,523 |
| Wayne Township | under 3% | A− | C+ | 21 min | $85,735 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Newberry 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 Newberry Township: questions
What is the median household income in Newberry Township?
$71,641 (±$10,424) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newberry Township?
3.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newberry Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newberry Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Troy (14%, 11 mi), Piqua (10%, 7 mi), Covington (9%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newberry Township walkable?
Newberry Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newberry Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newberry Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newberry 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.