Photo: Myself · CC BY 2.5Making a living in Paulding Township
Commuters spend 20 minutes getting to work on average, next to 23 for Ohio and 26 for the U.S. About one in five work in Paulding Township; the top destination outside it is Paulding (16%, 3 miles). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Paulding Township stands out on work
Paulding Township trades workers with the towns around it
Paulding Township has about as many jobs (1,837) as working residents (1,840), but they are mostly different people: 1,453 residents leave for work each day while 1,450 people come in. Only 21% of the jobs in Paulding Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Paulding Township and Paulding trade workers both ways
Paulding is the top workplace for Paulding Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Paulding Township come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Who works in Paulding Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,453 residents head out to work, 387 work right here, and 1,450 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Paulding Township: the destinations
Where Paulding Township clocks in
16% 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 Paulding Township
1,837 jobs are based in Paulding Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paulding Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,680 → 1,837. 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 Paulding Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Paulding Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Paulding Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,636 commuters (the 6% 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.
Where in the region Paulding Township works
About 21% 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.
Work next door: 19% of Paulding Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Paulding Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paulding Township | – | — | — | 20 min | $55,536 |
| Jackson Township | 3% | C | D | 23 min | $59,167 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | C | C− | 25 min | $59,667 |
| Blue Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Paulding | 16% | C− | B− | 20 min | $53,750 |
| Crane Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 26 min | $75,608 |
| Emerald Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Blue Creek Township and Emerald Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Paulding. Darker towns draw more of Paulding 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 Paulding Township: questions
What is the median household income in Paulding Township?
$55,536 (±$13,516) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paulding Township?
10.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Paulding Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Paulding Township work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paulding (16%, 3 mi), Defiance (7%, 17 mi), Fort Wayne (7%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Paulding Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Paulding Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paulding 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.