Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAt 1.2%, unemployment in Ottawa Township is lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Ottawa Township are A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole. About one in four stay in Ottawa Township for work; outside it, Ottawa is the main destination (24%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ottawa Township and work: the main findings
Ottawa Township trades workers with the towns around it
Ottawa Township has about as many jobs (3,957) as working residents (3,792), but they are mostly different people: 2,755 residents leave for work each day while 2,920 people come in. Only 26% of the jobs in Ottawa Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Ottawa Township and Ottawa trade workers both ways
Ottawa is the top workplace for Ottawa Township residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Ottawa Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Ottawa Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ottawa Township is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #295 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Ottawa Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ottawa Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 2,755 residents head out to work, 1,037 work right here, and 2,920 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 (1.04 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.
Where Ottawa Township goes to work
Where Ottawa Township clocks in
24% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
What work there is in Ottawa Township: 3,957 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ottawa Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,692 → 3,957. 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 Ottawa Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Ottawa Township spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ottawa Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,969 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.
Miles to work from Ottawa Township
About 18% 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 of Ottawa Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ottawa Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #469 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% 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 4,177 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). 3.5% of Ottawa Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ottawa Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,049 U.S. towns of 5,600 to 10,900, Ottawa Township comes 889th 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 28 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 887 | Fort Shawnee OH | 6,209 | $90K | 6.3% | 2.0% | 4% | A− |
| 888 | Rockaway NJ | 6,631 | $107K | 6.2% | 6.4% | 5% | A− |
| 889 | Ottawa Township OH | 8,047 | $90K | 5.9% | 1.2% | 27% | A− |
| 890 | Scotia NY | 7,295 | $77K | 4.9% | 3.2% | 3% | A− |
| 891 | West Boylston MA | 7,923 | $105K | 6.6% | 4.6% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,049 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Ottawa Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Ottawa Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ottawa Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Township | – | A− | B− | 23 min | $89,511 |
| Blanchard Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 19 min | $77,708 |
| Greensburg Township | under 2% | A− | C | 23 min | $106,618 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 20 min | $85,424 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 24 min | $98,077 |
| Riley Township | under 2% | B | B | 24 min | $65,769 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ottawa 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 Ottawa Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ottawa Township?
$89,511 (±$14,085) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ottawa Township?
5.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ottawa Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ottawa Township work?
27% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ottawa (24%, 1 mi), Findlay (9%, 22 mi), Lima (7%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ottawa Township walkable?
Ottawa Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ottawa Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ottawa Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ottawa 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.