Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnemployment in Olive Township (1.1%) is lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
4% of workers work from home (Ohio 13%). For jobs and income Olive Township is better than 46% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (A−). Household incomes here are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Olive Township
Olive Township trades workers with the towns around it
Olive Township has about as many jobs (1,764) as working residents (1,597), but they are mostly different people: 1,270 residents leave for work each day while 1,437 people come in. Only 19% of the jobs in Olive Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Olive Township workers work from home
Only 4% 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.
Where Olive Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Unemployment holds Olive Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($55,028, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Olive Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
How a workday changes Olive Township
On a workday 1,270 residents head out to work, 327 work right here, and 1,437 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 (1.10 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Near or far: the trip to work from Olive Township
About 34% 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.
About 20 minutes to work from Olive Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Olive Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,533 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.
12% of working residents work in Caldwell
Where Olive Township clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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.
Inside Olive Township’s 1,764 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Olive Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,877 → 1,764. 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 Olive Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Olive Township
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,591 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). 5.5% of Olive Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Olive Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,900, Olive Township ranks 2,036th of 3,432 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 27 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
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| 2,034 | Verona NY | 5,835 | $84K | 6.7% | 7.5% | 17% | B− |
| 2,035 | Wauseon OH | 7,430 | $64K | 8.9% | 4.5% | 29% | B− |
| 2,036 | Olive Township OH | 5,887 | $55K | 9.1% | 1.1% | 20% | B− |
| 2,037 | Highland Heights KY | 6,341 | $53K | 19.9% | 3.0% | 4% | B− |
| 2,038 | German Township IN | 7,453 | $75K | 14.2% | 4.7% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Olive Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door is work for 14% of Olive Township
The biggest share goes to Caldwell (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Olive Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Township | – | B− | A− | 20 min | $55,028 |
| Noble Township | under 2% | C− | D | 22 min | $46,053 |
| Caldwell | 12% | C | A− | 23 min | $51,208 |
| Sharon Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Center Township | 2% | B | D− | 19 min | $88,894 |
| Enoch Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sharon Township and Enoch Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Olive 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 Olive Township: questions
What is the median household income in Olive Township?
$55,028 (±$15,350) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Olive Township?
9.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Olive Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Olive Township work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Caldwell (12%, 3 mi), Cambridge (7%, 22 mi), Marietta (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Olive Township walkable?
Olive Township is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Olive Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Olive Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Olive 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.