Pike Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Jobs and income earn Pike Township C; getting around on foot earns it C. There are 144 jobs in Pike Township for 618 working residents. Only 1% work in Pike Township; the top destination outside it is Mount Vernon (28%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Pike Township
Pike Township and Mount Vernon trade workers both ways
Mount Vernon is the top workplace for Pike Township residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Pike Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Pike Township is a place people come home to
There are 144 jobs based in Pike Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pike Township has about 1,200 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pike 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 618 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Pike Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Pike Township is better than 30% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Pike Township’s grade up (9.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Pike Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pike Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Where Pike Township goes to work
Where Pike Township clocks in
5% of workers
3% 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 Pike Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 610 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Pike Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Commuting from Pike Township: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 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 641 commuters (the 14% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 33% of the jobs in Pike Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pike Township, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 144. 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.
Where in the region Pike Township works
About 17% 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 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 more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 2.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 742 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). 16.8% 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 is 3,435th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,433 | Alstead NH | 1,928 | $65K | 8.9% | 3.0% | 3% | C |
| 3,434 | Ephratah NY | 1,645 | $81K | 11.5% | 2.1% | 2% | C |
| 3,435 | Pike Township OH | 1,723 | $69K | 9.9% | 0.0% | 1% | C |
| 3,436 | Adams Township OH | 1,880 | $78K | 16.0% | 3.4% | 1% | C |
| 3,437 | Greenwood Township PA | 1,411 | $76K | 11.8% | 3.7% | 7% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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.
Next door to Pike Township
The biggest share goes to Monroe Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pike Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Township | – | C | C | 31 min | $69,299 |
| Monroe Township | 2% | B− | C− | 20 min | $82,218 |
| Berlin Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 35 min | $77,500 |
| Brown Township | under 2% | C | D− | 29 min | $72,613 |
| Morris Township | under 2% | B | D− | 31 min | $98,750 |
| Worthington Township | under 2% | B− | C | 34 min | $73,750 |
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?
$69,299 (±$12,561) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pike Township?
9.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pike Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pike Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (28%, 9 mi), Columbus (5%, 47 mi), Mansfield (3%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pike Township walkable?
Pike Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 2.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pike Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% 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.