Photo: Don O'Brien · CC BY 2.0Most of Pebble Township commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
5% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole. Pebble Township has 29 jobs; 972 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Pebble Township are D for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pebble Township: the figures worth knowing
Pebble Township is a place people come home to
There are 29 jobs based in Pebble Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pebble Township has about 1,500 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pebble 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 972 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Pebble Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pebble Township is better than 12% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Pebble Township’s grade up (13.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pebble Township could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Pebble Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 967 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Pebble Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
From Pebble Township, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pebble Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,000 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.
15% of working residents work in Waverly
Where Pebble Township clocks in
15% 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.
The kinds of work in Pebble Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pebble Township, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 29. 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 Pebble Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Pebble Township’s workers travel
About 27% 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 Pebble Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pebble Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Pebble 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 1,051 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). 7.9% of Pebble Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pebble Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Pebble Township is 4,381st of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,379 | Goode Township IL | 2,606 | $59K | 19.6% | 6.7% | 11% | D |
| 4,380 | Grout Township MI | 2,022 | $75K | 26.0% | 6.7% | 1% | D |
| 4,381 | Pebble Township OH | 2,462 | $60K | 13.3% | 7.3% | 1% | D |
| 4,382 | North Corbin KY | 2,190 | $51K | 34.0% | 1.3% | 3% | D |
| 4,383 | Chewelah WA | 2,712 | $54K | 16.8% | 4.6% | 16% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Pebble Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Pebble Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Pee Pee Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pebble Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pebble Township | – | D | D− | 31 min | $59,659 |
| Benton Township | under 3% | D− | D− | 50 min | $33,365 |
| Sunfish Township | under 3% | D | D− | 50 min | $56,653 |
| Pee Pee Township | 3% | C− | B− | 20 min | $57,269 |
| Huntington Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 29 min | $65,350 |
| Newton Township | under 3% | C− | C− | 33 min | $75,341 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pebble 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 Pebble Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pebble Township?
$59,659 (±$17,794) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pebble Township?
13.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pebble 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 Pebble Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waverly (15%, 7 mi), Columbus (9%, 59 mi), Green Township (8%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pebble Township walkable?
Pebble Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pebble Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pebble Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pebble 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.