Photo: Nyttend · Public domainOxford Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
The two grades for Oxford Township are A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Oxford Township has 91 jobs; 425 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Oxford Township itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (23%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Oxford Township: the figures worth knowing
Oxford Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Oxford Township is Columbus, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (96) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Oxford Township is a place people come home to
There are 91 jobs based in Oxford Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Oxford Township has about 720 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The quickest commute around
Oxford Township’s 26-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 29 to 36 minutes. Next door ↓
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; with 425 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Oxford Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Oxford Township is better than 82% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Oxford Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.5%) is left out: Oxford Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Oxford Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Short hops and long hauls from Oxford 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.
A workday in Oxford Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 417 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Oxford Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Oxford Township work
Where Oxford Township clocks in
23% of workers
17% 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.
A place that makes things: 33% of Oxford Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oxford Township, 2014 → 2024: 64 → 91. 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 Oxford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes to work from Oxford Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oxford Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 466 commuters (the 12% 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.
The commute in Oxford Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oxford Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 527 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 4.1% of Oxford Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oxford Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Oxford Township places 236th of 3,133 on jobs and income among 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 234 | Paradise UT | 1,058 | $110K | 1.9% | 2.0% | 2% | A− |
| 235 | Adams Township OH | 1,013 | $106K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 236 | Oxford Township OH | 1,054 | $90K | 5.3% | 1.5% | 2% | A− |
| 237 | Summer Set MO | 1,236 | $98K | 1.1% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| 238 | Redington Beach FL | 1,355 | $105K | 8.3% | 2.6% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Oxford Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Oxford Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Ashley (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oxford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Township | – | A− | B− | 26 min | $90,167 |
| Ashley | 4% | C | C | 29 min | $56,596 |
| Westfield Township | under 2% | B | D− | 36 min | $67,826 |
| Brown Township | 3% | C+ | D− | 35 min | $75,125 |
| Peru Township | under 2% | A | C− | 31 min | $125,179 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oxford 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 Oxford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Oxford Township?
$90,167 (±$17,018) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oxford Township?
5.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oxford Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oxford Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (23%, 28 mi), Delaware (17%, 9 mi), Orange Township (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Oxford Township walkable?
Oxford Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oxford Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oxford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oxford 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.