Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Paint Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Paint Township is better than 9% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (D). Paint Township has 126 jobs for 1,833 working residents. Household incomes here are lower than in 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Paint Township in brief
Paint Township is a place people come home to
There are 126 jobs based in Paint Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Paint Township has about 3,200 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Paint Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Paint Township
Unemployment holds Paint Township’s grade up (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Paint Township could be anywhere from D− to C+.
How many people are in Paint Township by day
On a workday 1,814 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Paint Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Time on the road from Paint Township: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Paint Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,691 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 Paint Township
About 33% 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.
13% of working residents work in Hillsboro
Where Paint Township clocks in
13% of workers
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Paint Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paint Township, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 126. 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 Paint Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Paint Township, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,827 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). 7.0% of Paint Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Paint Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,600, and where Paint Township sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Sharon Township OH | 6,117 | $126K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,554 | Madawaska ME | 3,846 | $57K | 13.0% | 7.4% | 54% | D |
| 3,555 | Westfield NY | 4,423 | $51K | 12.6% | 9.0% | 26% | D |
| 3,556 | Paint Township OH | 4,882 | $53K | 17.3% | 5.9% | 1% | D |
| 3,557 | Manchester GA | 3,594 | $51K | 20.1% | 6.0% | 10% | D |
| 3,558 | Cobleskill NY | 4,623 | $46K | 16.2% | 6.8% | 19% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,840 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Paint Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Paint Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Paint Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paint Township | – | D | D | 34 min | $53,325 |
| Marshall Township | under 2% | D | D− | 44 min | $67,321 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $59,286 |
| Brushcreek Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 34 min | $65,670 |
| Fairfield Township | under 2% | B | D | 25 min | $72,972 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | C− | B | 24 min | $62,647 |
| Paxton Township | under 2% | D− | D | 28 min | $45,893 |
| Penn Township | under 2% | A− | D | 34 min | $127,438 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Paint 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 Paint Township: questions
What is the median household income in Paint Township?
$53,325 (±$7,350) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paint Township?
17.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Paint Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Paint Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hillsboro (13%, 9 mi), Wilmington (8%, 24 mi), Greenfield (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Paint Township walkable?
Paint Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Paint Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Paint Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paint 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.