Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Pike Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Pike Township has 166 jobs, against 842 working residents. The two grades for Pike Township are A− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Only 1% stay in Pike Township for work; outside it, Wauseon is the main destination (12%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Pike Township: the gist
Why Pike Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Pike Township is better than 81% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Pike Township’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Pike Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pike Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
The daily commute in and out of Pike Township
On a workday 831 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Pike Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Pike Township’s working residents head each day
Where Pike Township clocks in
12% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
Goods, not services: 55% of the jobs in Pike Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pike Township, 2014 → 2024: 156 → 166. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pike Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Pike Township: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 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 676 commuters (the 7% 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.
Miles to work from Pike Township
About 16% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Pike Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pike Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Pike 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 729 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). 0.5% 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.
Pike Township places 648th of 5,760 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
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| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
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| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 646 | Newcastle ME | 1,915 | $90K | 3.5% | 0.0% | 8% | A− |
| 647 | Spencer Township OH | 1,754 | $85K | 4.6% | 3.0% | 3% | A− |
| 648 | Pike Township OH | 1,707 | $95K | 3.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 649 | West Bath ME | 1,970 | $103K | 3.2% | 3.5% | 6% | A− |
| 650 | Cade LA | 1,710 | $73K | 6.0% | 1.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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.
Bordering towns draw 13% of Pike Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Royalton Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pike Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Township | – | A− | D− | 26 min | $95,439 |
| Fulton Township | under 2% | B | D | 29 min | $81,964 |
| Dover Township | under 2% | A− | B | 21 min | $99,583 |
| York Township | 6% | B | C | 25 min | $75,263 |
| Royalton Township | 7% | C− | B− | 26 min | $63,229 |
| Clinton Township | under 2% | B− | B− | 21 min | $69,304 |
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 2024, 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?
$95,439 (±$36,494) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pike Township?
3.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pike Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pike Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wauseon (12%, 6 mi), Toledo (11%, 25 mi), Royalton Township (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Pike Township walkable?
Pike Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pike Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% 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), 2024, 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.