Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Paint Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are lower than in 85% of U.S. towns. Employers in Paint Township report 38 jobs, and 463 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Paint Township is better than 17% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Paint Township: the figures worth knowing
Paint Township is a place people come home to
There are 38 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 880 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Paint Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 463 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Paint Township’s grade
The poverty rate holds Paint Township’s grade up (10.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Paint Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Paint Township could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Paint Township by day and by night
On a workday 462 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Paint Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Getting to work from Paint Township takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 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 305 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.
12% of working residents work in Greenfield
Where Paint Township clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
79% of the jobs in Paint Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paint Township, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 38. 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.
Miles to work from Paint Township
About 28% 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.
Driving is how Paint Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Paint Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Paint Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 320 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). 0.8% 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.
3,939th of 5,400: where Paint Township ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,937 | Denton NC | 1,610 | $51K | 14.8% | 8.8% | 8% | C− |
| 3,938 | West Turin NY | 1,680 | $69K | 13.2% | 4.5% | 6% | C− |
| 3,939 | Paint Township OH | 1,307 | $52K | 10.1% | 0.0% | <1% | C− |
| 3,940 | Brushcreek Township OH | 1,439 | $66K | 12.6% | 3.1% | <1% | C− |
| 3,941 | Tesuque NM | 1,079 | $56K | 18.4% | 19.5% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 | – | C− | D− | 31 min | $52,059 |
| Paxton Township | under 2% | D− | D | 28 min | $45,893 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $59,286 |
| Buckskin Township | under 2% | D | D | 25 min | $46,553 |
| Twin Township | under 2% | B | D− | 33 min | $57,670 |
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?
$52,059 (±$16,155) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paint Township?
10.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Paint Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Paint Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenfield (12%, 7 mi), Chillicothe (9%, 18 mi), Columbus (8%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Paint Township walkable?
Paint Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Paint Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% 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.