Photo: Frank12 · CC BY 3.0Most of Northwest Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Northwest Township are B+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability. There are 125 jobs in Northwest Township for 510 working residents. Measured by household income, Northwest Township is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Northwest Township: the figures worth knowing
Northwest Township is a place people come home to
There are 125 jobs based in Northwest Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Northwest Township has about 720 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Northwest 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 510 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Northwest Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Northwest Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Northwest Township’s grade up ($105,060, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (4.8%) is left out: Northwest 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, Northwest Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
The workday shuffle in and out of Northwest Township
On a workday 497 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Northwest 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 2023, primary jobs.
Northwest Township’s commute 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 Northwest Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 820 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.
10% of working residents work in Bryan
Where Northwest 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 Northwest Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Northwest Township, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 125. 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 Northwest Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Northwest Township
About 22% 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 Northwest Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Northwest Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Northwest 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 833 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). 1.3% of Northwest Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Northwest Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Northwest Township is 662nd among 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Boston Heights OH | 1,408 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 660 | East Nelson Township IL | 1,007 | $104K | 5.6% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 661 | Railroad Township IN | 1,219 | $90K | 1.8% | 3.7% | 1% | B+ |
| 662 | Northwest Township OH | 1,100 | $105K | 5.3% | 4.8% | 3% | B+ |
| 663 | Lagrange Township IL | 1,081 | $121K | 5.0% | 2.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 664 | Highland Township PA | 1,281 | $97K | 8.8% | 6.0% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Northwest Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Northwest Township
The biggest share goes to Florence Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Northwest Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Township | – | B+ | D− | 26 min | $105,060 |
| Bridgewater Township | under 3% | C− | D | 20 min | $77,143 |
| Florence Township | 2% | C | D | 24 min | $75,216 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Northwest 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 Northwest Township: questions
What is the median household income in Northwest Township?
$105,060 (±$54,052) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Northwest Township?
5.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Northwest Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Northwest Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bryan (10%, 16 mi), Edon (9%, 7 mi), Montpelier (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Northwest Township walkable?
Northwest Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Northwest 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 Northwest Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Northwest 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.