Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Pike Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
23% of workers have no commute at all (Ohio 13%). Pike Township has 475 jobs; 1,380 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Pike Township is better than 78% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Pike Township: the gist
Pike Township makes and builds things
58% of the jobs based in Pike Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pike Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Pike Township works from home
23% of Pike Township workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. 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.
The four measures behind Pike Township’s grade
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Pike Township’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pike Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Factories, building and farms: 58% of the jobs in Pike Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pike Township, 2013 → 2023: 476 → 475. 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 Pike Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Pike Township’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pike Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,346 commuters (the 23% 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.
A workday in Pike Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,321 residents head out to work, 59 work right here, and 416 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Pike Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Where Pike Township’s working residents head each day
Where Pike Township clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
How far it is to work from Pike Township
About 18% 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 trips from Pike Township start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,745 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). 1.3% of Pike Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pike Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Pike Township is 928th of 4,318 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 43 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 50 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 53 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 926 | Oostburg WI | 3,056 | $88K | 7.6% | 2.3% | 17% | A− |
| 927 | Luxemburg WI | 2,784 | $78K | 5.6% | 1.9% | 13% | A− |
| 928 | Pike Township OH | 3,724 | $96K | 7.3% | 2.8% | 4% | A− |
| 929 | Penn Township PA | 3,179 | $59K | 3.5% | 0.0% | 7% | A− |
| 930 | Harmony Township PA | 3,071 | $71K | 5.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Pike Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Pike Township
The biggest share goes to New Carlisle (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pike Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Township | – | A− | D | 25 min | $95,833 |
| Bethel Township | under 3% | C | B− | 24 min | $66,519 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | B− | D | 30 min | $80,852 |
| German Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 28 min | $73,617 |
| Elizabeth Township | under 3% | A+ | C+ | 18 min | $125,144 |
| New Carlisle | 3% | C− | B− | 29 min | $64,443 |
| Mad River Township | under 3% | A− | D− | 31 min | $86,330 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pike 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 Pike Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pike Township?
$95,833 (±$21,980) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pike Township?
7.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pike Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pike Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dayton (10%, 19 mi), Springfield (9%, 11 mi), Huber Heights (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pike Township walkable?
Pike Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pike Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pike Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pike 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.