Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Pierce Township works elsewhere
1,742 jobs are based in Pierce Township for 7,422 working residents. Pierce Township grades B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 3% stay in Pierce Township for work; outside it, Cincinnati is the main destination (21%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Pierce Township, in brief
Pierce 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 ↓
Pierce Township is a place people come home to
There are 1,742 jobs based in Pierce Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pierce Township has about 10,000 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Pierce Township
63% of Pierce Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Pierce Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Pierce Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 23% of Pierce Township’s own working residents. 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.
Pierce Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pierce Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #353 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Pierce Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pierce Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Pierce Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pierce Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,499 commuters (the 15% 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.
In and out of Pierce Township on a workday
On a workday 7,229 residents head out to work, 193 work right here, and 1,549 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Pierce Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
What Pierce Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pierce Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,939 → 1,742. 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 Pierce Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Pierce Township commutes to
Where Pierce Township clocks in
21% of workers
8% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Pierce Township
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 Pierce Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pierce Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #424 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Pierce 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 7,667 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.6% of Pierce Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Pierce Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pierce Township places 895th of 2,109 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 893 | Trinity FL | 18,907 | $114K | 9.9% | 4.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 894 | Minnehaha WA | 11,482 | $101K | 5.6% | 6.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 895 | Pierce Township OH | 15,754 | $90K | 8.3% | 3.3% | 3% | B+ |
| 896 | Spanish Fort AL | 11,203 | $99K | 5.8% | 4.4% | 8% | B+ |
| 897 | Elon NC | 11,366 | $85K | 20.0% | 5.1% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | 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 Pierce Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 11% of Pierce Township
The biggest share goes to Union Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pierce Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce Township | – | B+ | B− | 31 min | $89,577 |
| Ohio Township | under 2% | B | D | 25 min | $73,289 |
| New Richmond | under 2% | B | C− | 26 min | $80,536 |
| Union Township | 8% | B+ | C | 24 min | $80,112 |
| Withamsville | under 2% | B | C− | 23 min | $72,300 |
| Batavia Township | 3% | B− | B− | 28 min | $77,683 |
| Anderson Township | under 2% | A | B+ | 24 min | $121,661 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 32 min | $92,729 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pierce 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 Pierce Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pierce Township?
$89,577 (±$4,583) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pierce Township?
8.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pierce Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pierce Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (21%, 15 mi), Union Township (8%, 6 mi), Blue Ash (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pierce Township walkable?
Pierce Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pierce Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pierce Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pierce 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.