Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Norwich Township works elsewhere
23 jobs are based in Norwich Township, and 473 of its residents work somewhere. Norwich Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Norwich Township stands out on work
Norwich Township is a place people come home to
There are 23 jobs based in Norwich Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Norwich Township has about 570 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Norwich Township and Willard trade workers both ways
Willard is the top workplace for Norwich Township residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Norwich Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Norwich Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (16 to 22 minutes). 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 473 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Norwich Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Norwich Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Norwich Township’s grade up ($105,583, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (4.3%) is left out: Norwich 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, Norwich Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
The workday shuffle in and out of Norwich Township
On a workday 469 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Norwich Township on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
15% of working residents work in Willard
Where Norwich Township clocks in
15% of workers
10% of workers
6% 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.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Norwich Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 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 323 commuters (the 5% 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.
Making and building: 57% of jobs based in Norwich Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Norwich Township, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 23. 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 Norwich Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Norwich Township
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.
Most trips from Norwich Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Norwich Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 339 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). 5.4% of Norwich Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Norwich Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Norwich Township is 545th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 35 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Granville South OH | 1,146 | $131K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 543 | West Leechburg PA | 1,232 | $77K | 4.1% | 4.9% | <1% | B+ |
| 544 | Riesel TX | 1,061 | $98K | 6.8% | 0.0% | 5% | B+ |
| 545 | Norwich Township OH | 1,023 | $106K | 5.7% | 4.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 546 | Walker Township PA | 1,017 | $89K | 3.3% | 2.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 547 | Liberty Center OH | 1,094 | $78K | 5.7% | 2.5% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Norwich Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work next door: 15% of Norwich Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Norwich Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich Township | – | B+ | C+ | 32 min | $105,583 |
| Greenfield Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 21 min | $82,303 |
| Sherman Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Willard | 15% | C | B+ | 22 min | $53,542 |
| Richmond Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sherman Township and Richmond Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Willard. 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 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 Norwich Township: questions
What is the median household income in Norwich Township?
$105,583 (±$48,193) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Norwich Township?
5.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Norwich Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Norwich Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Willard (15%, 5 mi), Norwalk (10%, 13 mi), New Haven Township (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Norwich Township walkable?
Norwich Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Norwich Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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), 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.