Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Noble Township earn less than those in 92% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 8.6% of residents; Ohio has 13.3%. Noble Township grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Noble Township, in a few figures
A lot of Noble Township works one town over
28% of working residents work in a town that borders Noble Township: Caldwell (17%), Olive Township (9%) and Center Township (2%). Next door ↓
Noble Township is a place people come home to
There are 216 jobs based in Noble Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Noble Township has about 1,300 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Noble 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 879 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Noble Township
On income, poverty and job access, Noble Township is better than 18% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Noble Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($46,053, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: Noble Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Noble Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Who leaves Noble Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 851 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Noble Township on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.25 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Noble Township takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Noble Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 641 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.
17% of working residents work in Caldwell
Where Noble Township clocks in
10% 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.
What the 216 jobs in Noble Township are
216 jobs are based in Noble Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Noble Township, 2013 → 2023: 187 → 216. 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 Noble Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Noble Township
About 19% 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.
The commute in Noble Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Noble Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Noble 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 653 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 Noble Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Noble Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Noble Township places 4,159th of 5,509 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,157 | Electra TX | 2,238 | $69K | 19.7% | 2.7% | 23% | C− |
| 4,158 | Barker NY | 2,458 | $64K | 20.5% | 7.0% | 3% | C− |
| 4,159 | Noble Township OH | 1,976 | $46K | 8.6% | 3.4% | 3% | C− |
| 4,160 | Newton Township OH | 1,778 | $75K | 22.0% | 2.0% | 2% | C− |
| 4,161 | Kremmling CO | 1,451 | $77K | 15.4% | 6.7% | 21% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | 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 Noble Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Bordering towns draw 28% of Noble Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Caldwell (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Noble Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noble Township | – | C− | D | 22 min | $46,053 |
| Olive Township | 9% | B− | A− | 20 min | $55,028 |
| Caldwell | 17% | C | A− | 23 min | $51,208 |
| Center Township | 2% | B | D− | 19 min | $88,894 |
| Brookfield Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Spencer Township | under 2% | C | D | 30 min | $72,813 |
| Buffalo Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Sharon Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Brookfield Township, Buffalo Township and Sharon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Noble 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 Noble Township: questions
What is the median household income in Noble Township?
$46,053 (±$23,982) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Noble Township?
8.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Noble Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Noble Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Caldwell (17%, 4 mi), Cambridge (10%, 16 mi), Olive Township (9%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Noble Township walkable?
Noble Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Noble 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 Noble Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Noble 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.