Photo: Analogue Kid · CC BY-SA 3.0Nile Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Employers in Nile Township report 372 jobs for 874 working residents. Jobs and income earn Nile Township D; getting around on foot earns it C. Household incomes here are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Nile Township at work: what stands out
29% of Nile Township works in Portsmouth
253 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Portsmouth, 13 miles away. That’s 5 times as many as work in Nile Township itself. The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
44% of the jobs in Nile Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 16% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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 874 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Nile Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Nile Township is better than 10% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Nile Township’s grade.
Unemployment (6.4%) is left out: Nile Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Nile Township could be anywhere from D− to C+.
29% of working residents work in Portsmouth
Where Nile Township clocks in
29% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Nile Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nile Township, 2013 → 2023: 254 → 372. 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 Nile Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Nile Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 825 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 323 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Nile Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Getting to work from Nile Township takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nile Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 815 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.
Half of Nile Township commutes less than 17 miles
About 27% 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.
In Nile Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nile Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% 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 886 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). 3.8% of Nile Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Nile Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100, Nile Township comes 4,577th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,575 | Patton PA | 1,656 | $48K | 21.8% | 4.8% | 5% | D |
| 4,576 | Wellsburg WV | 2,255 | $43K | 20.3% | 13.3% | 14% | D |
| 4,577 | Nile Township OH | 2,265 | $57K | 16.1% | 6.4% | 6% | D |
| 4,578 | Magnolia MS | 1,804 | $55K | 29.8% | 6.4% | 13% | D |
| 4,579 | Portageville MO | 2,702 | $52K | 17.5% | 6.0% | 25% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Nile Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Nile Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Washington Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nile Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nile Township | – | D | C | 26 min | $56,941 |
| Washington Township | 5% | D | D | 25 min | $45,188 |
| Union Township | under 2% | D | D | 32 min | $53,234 |
| Brush Creek Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 47 min | $75,313 |
| Green Township | under 2% | — | — | 58 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Green Township and Jefferson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Nile 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 Nile Township: questions
What is the median household income in Nile Township?
$56,941 (±$15,595) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nile Township?
16.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nile Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nile Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portsmouth (29%, 13 mi), Washington Township (5%, 8 mi), Scioto Township (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nile Township walkable?
Nile Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nile 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 Nile Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nile 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.