Photo: Nyttend · Public domainNewton Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 329 jobs in Newton Township, against 1,607 working residents. Newton Township grades A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 7% stay in Newton Township for work; outside it, Troy is the main destination (17%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Newton Township
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Newton Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Newton Township is better than 78% of U.S. towns, #283 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment is its strongest input (2.2%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Newton Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
The daily commute in and out of Newton Township
On a workday 1,490 residents head out to work, 117 work right here, and 212 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Newton Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Newton Township to work: where people go
Where Newton Township clocks in
17% 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.
Newton Township makes things: 29% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newton Township, 2014 → 2024: 268 → 329. 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 Newton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way for Newton Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newton Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,437 commuters (the 8% 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 Newton Township goes to work
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Newton Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Newton Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #615 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,564 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). 1.0% of Newton Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Newton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Newton Township next to U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,900: 905th of 4,474 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 42 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 47 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 51 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 903 | Freedom CA | 3,172 | $94K | 7.3% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| 904 | Empire Township IL | 3,960 | $88K | 4.2% | 2.8% | 12% | A− |
| 905 | Newton Township OH | 3,625 | $88K | 6.7% | 2.2% | 7% | A− |
| 906 | Fairview Township PA | 4,742 | $97K | 4.1% | 4.0% | 6% | A− |
| 907 | Kachina Village AZ | 3,212 | $90K | 4.3% | 1.7% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,474 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Newton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Newton Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Newton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Township | – | A− | C | 22 min | $87,889 |
| Union Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 28 min | $69,263 |
| Newberry Township | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 26 min | $71,641 |
| Concord Township | under 3% | B | B+ | 21 min | $74,188 |
| Franklin Township | under 3% | B− | C+ | 29 min | $57,292 |
| Washington Township | under 3% | A− | B− | 20 min | $80,246 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Newton 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 Newton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Newton Township?
$87,889 (±$6,110) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newton Township?
6.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newton Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newton Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Troy (17%, 7 mi), Dayton (6%, 20 mi), Piqua (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Newton Township walkable?
Newton Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newton 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. 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.