Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Paint Township works elsewhere
For jobs and income Paint Township is better than 55% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (C−). There are 94 jobs in Paint Township; 592 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Paint Township itself; outside it, Washington Court House draws the most (13%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Paint Township stands out on work
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Paint Township
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Paint Township’s grade.
Unemployment (3.7%) 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 C− to A−.
In and out of Paint Township on a workday
On a workday 582 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Paint Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
The places Paint Township commutes to
Where Paint Township clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 65% of work in Paint Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paint Township, 2013 → 2023: 170 → 94. 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.
About 26 minutes each way for Paint Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 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 849 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.
Half of Paint Township commutes less than 27 miles
About 25% 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
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 917 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.
Paint Township places 2,048th of 6,085 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 24 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 46 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,046 | Winfield WV | 2,381 | $103K | 15.9% | 2.6% | 7% | B− |
| 2,047 | Hall Township IN | 1,249 | $91K | 6.8% | 0.0% | 3% | B− |
| 2,048 | Paint Township OH | 1,779 | $84K | 10.3% | 3.7% | 2% | B− |
| 2,049 | Henrietta Township OH | 1,800 | $72K | 8.1% | 4.4% | 6% | B− |
| 2,050 | Coolspring Township PA | 2,076 | $88K | 9.4% | 3.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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.
Next door is work for 10% of Paint Township
The biggest share goes to Union Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Paint Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paint Township | – | B− | C− | 26 min | $84,271 |
| Jefferson Township | 2% | C+ | D | 28 min | $49,375 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 43 min | $89,196 |
| Range Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Union Township | 8% | B− | D | 24 min | $74,352 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Range Township and Marion Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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?
$84,271 (±$26,852) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paint Township?
10.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Paint Township?
26 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?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington Court House (13%, 9 mi), Union Township (8%, 7 mi), Columbus (6%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Paint Township walkable?
Paint Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 2% 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.