Photo: Finetooth · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Norwalk Township works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Employers in Norwalk Township report 816 jobs for 1,547 working residents. Norwalk Township grades B for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Norwalk Township: the gist
Norwalk Township and Norwalk trade workers both ways
Norwalk is the top workplace for Norwalk Township residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Norwalk Township come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Norwalk Township makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Norwalk Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Norwalk Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 30%. 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.
The four measures behind Norwalk Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Norwalk Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns, #541 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Norwalk Township’s grade up (5.3%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($62,399, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Norwalk Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
25% of working residents work in Norwalk
Where Norwalk Township clocks in
25% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 39% of the jobs in Norwalk Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Norwalk Township, 2013 → 2023: 676 → 816. 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 Norwalk Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Norwalk Township on a workday
On a workday 1,505 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 774 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Norwalk Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
How long Norwalk Township spends getting to work: 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 Norwalk Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,762 commuters (the 4% 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 many miles Norwalk Township commutes
About 21% 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 Norwalk Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Norwalk Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #498 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,845 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). 7.4% of Norwalk Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Norwalk Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,886th of 4,402: where Norwalk Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,884 | Round Lake Heights IL | 2,580 | $79K | 14.5% | 4.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,885 | Saltcreek Township OH | 2,902 | $73K | 9.5% | 1.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,886 | Norwalk Township OH | 3,429 | $62K | 5.3% | 3.7% | 3% | B |
| 1,887 | Buffalo Township PA | 3,546 | $67K | 10.4% | 0.1% | 5% | B |
| 1,888 | Lamar Township PA | 2,653 | $92K | 8.6% | 3.5% | 10% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Norwalk Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
28% of Norwalk Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Norwalk (25%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Norwalk Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwalk Township | – | B | C+ | 22 min | $62,399 |
| Norwalk | 25% | C | C+ | 21 min | $60,844 |
| Ridgefield Township | under 2% | B− | D | 20 min | $70,199 |
| Townsend Township | under 2% | B | C | 28 min | $72,424 |
| Bronson Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 15 min | $69,453 |
| Milan Township | 3% | B+ | B− | 23 min | $98,333 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Norwalk 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 Norwalk Township: questions
What is the median household income in Norwalk Township?
$62,399 (±$37,245) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Norwalk Township?
5.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Norwalk Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Norwalk Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Norwalk (25%, 2 mi), Sandusky (5%, 16 mi), Perkins Township (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Norwalk Township walkable?
Norwalk Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Norwalk Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Norwalk Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Norwalk 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.