Photo: Wdzinc · CC BY-SA 3.0Norwich Township’s household incomes are higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 23% of workers (Ohio 13%). 6.1% of residents are in poverty; Ohio has 13.3%. Jobs and income earn Norwich Township A; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Norwich Township, in brief
Much of Norwich Township works one town over
58% of working residents work in a town that borders Norwich Township: Columbus (47%), Hilliard (9%) and Upper Arlington (2%). Next door ↓
Norwich Township trades workers with the towns around it
Norwich Township has about as many jobs (20,191) as working residents (19,260), but they are mostly different people: 17,665 residents leave for work each day while 18,596 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Norwich Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Norwich Township works from home
23% of Norwich Township workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
Norwich Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Norwich Township went from 14,503 in 2014 to 20,191 in 2024, +39%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Norwich Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Norwich Township is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #74 of 992 in Ohio. Household income is its strongest input ($130,801, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Norwich Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Norwich Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 17,665 residents head out to work, 1,595 work right here, and 18,596 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
About 22 minutes to work from Norwich Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Norwich Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16,149 commuters (the 23% 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.
What Norwich Township’s employers do
20,191 jobs are based in Norwich Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Norwich Township, 2014 → 2024: 14,503 → 20,191. 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 Norwich Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
47% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Norwich Township clocks in
47% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Norwich Township
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.
Most of Norwich Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Norwich Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns, #303 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 20,971 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 16% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 1% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.0% of Norwich Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Norwich Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Norwich Township places 81st of 1,064 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 28,000 to 53,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Dublin OH | 49,094 | $160K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Cumberland RI | 37,615 | $118K | 3.9% | 3.0% | 11% | A |
| 80 | Bernards Township NJ | 28,594 | $194K | 3.1% | 4.2% | 10% | A |
| 81 | Norwich Township OH | 39,547 | $131K | 6.1% | 2.5% | 8% | A |
| 82 | Dakota Ridge CO | 33,753 | $121K | 4.4% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| 83 | Lake Oswego OR | 39,722 | $142K | 3.4% | 3.4% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,064 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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 Norwich Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work next door: 58% of Norwich Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Columbus (47%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Norwich Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich Township | – | A | B | 22 min | $130,801 |
| Columbus | 47% | B− | A | 22 min | $66,082 |
| Hilliard | 9% | A | B | 22 min | $128,189 |
| Washington Township | under 1% | A+ | B | 23 min | $147,542 |
| Brown Township | under 1% | A− | C− | 24 min | $133,542 |
| Franklin Township | under 1% | C | A | 20 min | $52,201 |
| Upper Arlington | 2% | A+ | A− | 19 min | $155,167 |
| Prairie Township | under 1% | A− | A− | 21 min | $73,793 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Norwich 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 Norwich Township: questions
What is the median household income in Norwich Township?
$130,801 (±$7,426) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Norwich Township?
6.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Norwich Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Norwich Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (47%, 9 mi), Hilliard (9%, 1 mi), Dublin (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Norwich Township walkable?
Norwich Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Norwich Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 1% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Norwich Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Norwich 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.