Patterson Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Patterson Township has 331 jobs; 708 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Patterson Township B+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Household incomes here are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Patterson Township apart
Young people hold many of the jobs here
41% of the jobs based in Patterson Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 26% of Patterson Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Patterson Township makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Patterson Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Patterson Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 40%. The jobs ↓
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 708 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Patterson Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Patterson Township is better than 71% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Patterson Township’s grade up (5.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.2%) is left out: Patterson 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, Patterson Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Goods jobs make up 48% of work in Patterson Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Patterson Township, 2013 → 2023: 199 → 331. 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 Patterson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Patterson Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 675 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 298 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Patterson Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
8% of working residents work in Greenville
Where Patterson Township clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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 trip to work from Patterson Township: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Patterson Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 569 commuters (the 10% 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 distance from Patterson Township to work
About 19% 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 Patterson Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Patterson Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 635 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). 1.7% of Patterson Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Patterson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
994th of 5,877: where Patterson Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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+ |
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| 28 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 992 | Hubbard WI | 1,785 | $91K | 6.5% | 0.0% | 4% | B+ |
| 993 | Dundas MN | 1,833 | $116K | 1.9% | 11.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 994 | Patterson Township OH | 1,422 | $101K | 5.2% | 0.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 995 | Rock Spring GA | 1,183 | $118K | 6.7% | 11.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 996 | Osino NV | 1,341 | $93K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Patterson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Patterson Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Patterson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson Township | – | B+ | C− | 20 min | $100,948 |
| Cynthian Township | under 3% | C | D | 20 min | $64,975 |
| Wayne Township | under 3% | A− | C+ | 21 min | $85,735 |
| Wabash Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Marion Township | under 3% | A | B− | 17 min | $102,422 |
| York Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| McLean Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 18 min | $93,333 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wabash Township and York Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Patterson 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 Patterson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Patterson Township?
$100,948 (±$33,506) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Patterson Township?
5.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Patterson Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Patterson Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (8%, 16 mi), Versailles (6%, 6 mi), Minster (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Patterson Township walkable?
Patterson Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Patterson Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Patterson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Patterson 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.