Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPlain Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
4% of workers have no commute at all (Ohio 13%). There are 212 jobs in Plain Township for 723 working residents. The two grades for Plain Township are B+ 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
Jobs and commuting in Plain Township: the gist
Plain Township and Bowling Green trade workers both ways
Bowling Green is the top workplace for Plain Township residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Plain Township come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Plain Township is a place people come home to
There are 212 jobs based in Plain Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Plain Township has about 1,100 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Plain Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 723 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Plain Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Plain Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Plain Township’s grade up (5.3%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($73,594, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (8.8%) is left out: Plain 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, Plain Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
30% of working residents work in Bowling Green
Where Plain Township clocks in
30% of workers
11% of workers
5% 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 a workday changes Plain Township
On a workday 722 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Plain Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
About 23 minutes each way, about the OH average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plain Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 460 commuters (the 4% 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 place that makes things: 79% of Plain Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plain Township, 2013 → 2023: 191 → 212. 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 Plain Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Plain Township to work
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 Plain Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Plain Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Plain 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 480 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 Plain Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Plain Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200, Plain Township ranks 1,208th of 5,381 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+ |
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| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 44 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 57 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,206 | New Hartford NY | 1,842 | $83K | 9.5% | 2.6% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,207 | Palmyra WI | 1,720 | $86K | 11.4% | 3.2% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,208 | Plain Township OH | 1,653 | $74K | 5.3% | 8.8% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,209 | Plano KY | 1,290 | $80K | 5.3% | 8.6% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,210 | Coal Fork WV | 1,423 | $70K | 2.3% | 29.5% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | 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 Plain Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Bordering towns draw 31% of Plain Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Bowling Green (30%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Plain Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain Township | – | B+ | D− | 23 min | $73,594 |
| Bowling Green | 30% | C+ | A | 18 min | $45,154 |
| Middleton Township | 1% | A− | D | 21 min | $121,419 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | A | D− | 25 min | $130,643 |
| Center Township | under 2% | A | C− | 21 min | $108,056 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | B | D− | 22 min | $70,057 |
| Weston Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 23 min | $66,031 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Plain 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 Plain Township: questions
What is the median household income in Plain Township?
$73,594 (±$15,662) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plain Township?
5.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plain Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Plain Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bowling Green (30%, 3 mi), Toledo (11%, 21 mi), Findlay (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Plain Township walkable?
Plain Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Plain Township without a car?
0% 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 Plain Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plain 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.