Photo: Bwsmith84 · CC BY 3.0More people are out of work in Pease Township (9.7%) than in 94% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Pease Township is behind 87% of U.S. towns. Pease Township grades D for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in seven work in Pease Township itself; outside it, Wheeling draws the most (21%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Pease Township in brief
Many Pease Township workers cross into West Virginia
40% of Pease Township workers work outside Ohio, most of them in West Virginia, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
A lot of Pease Township works one town over
40% of working residents work in a town that borders Pease Township: Wheeling (21%), Martins Ferry (10%) and Richland Township (7%). Next door ↓
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.
The figures behind Pease Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pease Township is better than 7% of U.S. towns, #972 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Pease Township’s grade up (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pease Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Where the trip to work from Pease Township ends
Where Pease Township clocks in
21% of workers
10% 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.
Who commutes out of Pease Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 4,367 residents head out to work, 772 work right here, and 2,910 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Pease Township on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Inside Pease Township’s 3,682 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pease Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,837 → 3,682. 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 Pease Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Pease Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pease Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,205 commuters (the 8% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Pease Township
About 22% 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.
In Pease Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pease Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #352 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Pease 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 5,644 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). 11.4% of Pease Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pease Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Pease Township sits among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 4 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,298 | Alexander City AL | 14,515 | $47K | 25.7% | 6.4% | 35% | D |
| 2,299 | Fairfield IA | 9,220 | $51K | 20.7% | 11.8% | 50% | D |
| 2,300 | Pease Township OH | 12,375 | $51K | 23.2% | 9.7% | 15% | D |
| 2,301 | Crowley LA | 11,223 | $29K | 47.7% | 14.3% | 29% | D |
| 2,302 | Grenada MS | 12,088 | $46K | 26.6% | 7.1% | 45% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Pease Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
40% of Pease Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pease Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pease Township | – | D | B | 24 min | $50,755 |
| Martins Ferry | 10% | D− | B+ | 19 min | $37,467 |
| Yorkville | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Colerain Township | under 2% | C | D | 30 min | $69,821 |
| Pultney Township | under 2% | D | C | 22 min | $46,696 |
| Bridgeport | 2% | C− | A− | 18 min | $54,125 |
| Warren Township | under 2% | C− | B+ | 28 min | $54,804 |
| Neffs | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Mount Pleasant Township | under 2% | C | B | 32 min | $71,571 |
| Richland Township | 7% | B | B | 22 min | $77,176 |
Same-state neighbors only. Yorkville and Neffs: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wheeling. Darker towns draw more of Pease 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 Pease Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pease Township?
$50,755 (±$5,082) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pease Township?
23.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pease Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pease Township work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wheeling (21%, 4 mi), Martins Ferry (10%, 2 mi), Richland Township (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pease Township walkable?
Pease Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pease Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pease Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pease 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.