Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Oliver Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
There are 172 jobs in Oliver Township for 399 working residents. Oliver Township grades C+ for walkability. Only 7% stay in Oliver Township for work; outside it, West Union is the main destination (12%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Oliver Township: the figures worth knowing
Oliver Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 61 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 468 hours of commuting, 291 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (28 to 35 minutes). Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% 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 ↓
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 399 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Time on the road from Oliver Township: about 61 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 19.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oliver Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 295 commuters (the 7% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Oliver Township
About 32% 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.
How a workday changes Oliver Township
On a workday 370 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Oliver Township on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
Where Oliver Township’s working residents head each day
Where Oliver Township clocks in
12% of workers
4% 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: 49% of the jobs in Oliver Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oliver Township, 2013 → 2023: 169 → 172. 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 Oliver Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Oliver Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oliver Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 317 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). 29.6% of Oliver Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oliver Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Oliver Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Scott Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oliver Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Township | – | — | C+ | 61 min | — |
| Meigs Township | under 3% | D− | C− | 30 min | $59,792 |
| Tiffin Township | under 3% | D− | C+ | 33 min | $38,069 |
| Scott Township | 3% | D− | C+ | 35 min | $52,500 |
| Wayne Township | 2% | C+ | D | 28 min | $71,615 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oliver 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 Oliver Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Oliver Township?
14.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oliver Township?
61 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oliver Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Union (12%, 8 mi), Seaman (4%, 4 mi), Columbus (4%, 80 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oliver Township walkable?
Oliver Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oliver Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 30% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oliver Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oliver 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.