Photo: Vbofficial · CC BY-SA 3.0Porter Township has lower household incomes than 76% of U.S. towns
About one in seven stay in Porter Township for work; outside it, Portsmouth is the main destination (24%, 6 miles). 13.6% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.3% across Ohio. For jobs and income Porter Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Porter Township and work: the main findings
Porter Township and Portsmouth trade workers both ways
Portsmouth is the top workplace for Porter Township residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Porter Township come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Many jobs in Porter Township pay little
26% of the jobs based in Porter Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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.
The four measures behind Porter Township’s grade
Unemployment holds Porter Township’s grade up (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($58,534, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Porter Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
The places Porter Township commutes to
Where Porter Township clocks in
24% 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.
Inside Porter Township’s 2,408 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Porter Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,282 → 2,408. 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 Porter Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Porter Township
On a workday 3,548 residents head out to work, 500 work right here, and 1,908 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,800 people are in Porter Township on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Porter Township, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Porter Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,761 commuters (the 6% 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.
How far Porter Township’s workers travel
About 26% 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 Porter Township, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,007 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). 7.7% of Porter Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Porter Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,296th of 2,806: where Porter Township ranks among U.S. towns of 6,600 to 12,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 5 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 10 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 20 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
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| 2,294 | Pittston PA | 7,715 | $50K | 20.0% | 5.6% | 6% | C− |
| 2,295 | Sunbury PA | 9,495 | $51K | 18.7% | 4.8% | 11% | C− |
| 2,296 | Porter Township OH | 9,437 | $59K | 13.6% | 4.7% | 12% | C− |
| 2,297 | Cambridge OH | 10,055 | $43K | 27.9% | 3.0% | 34% | C− |
| 2,298 | Pleasant Township IN | 6,984 | $59K | 13.4% | 6.4% | 5% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,806 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Porter Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door is work for 26% of Porter Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Porter Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Township | – | C− | C+ | 27 min | $58,534 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 27 min | $51,967 |
| Green Township | 2% | C | D− | 28 min | $59,941 |
| Portsmouth | 24% | D | A− | 21 min | $34,713 |
| Vernon Township | under 2% | C | D− | 45 min | $66,915 |
| Clay Township | under 2% | C− | D | 30 min | $35,530 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Portsmouth. Darker towns draw more of Porter 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 Porter Township: questions
What is the median household income in Porter Township?
$58,534 (±$8,328) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Porter Township?
13.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Porter Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Porter Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portsmouth (24%, 6 mi), Wheelersburg (11%, 0 mi), Scioto Township (3%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Porter Township walkable?
Porter Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Porter Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Porter Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Porter 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.