St. John Catholic Church and Parish Hall · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Pusheta Township top those of 64% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Pusheta Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (D). Poverty touches 10.5% of residents, against 13.3% across Ohio. 1% of workers have no commute at all, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Pusheta Township
Pusheta Township is where the jobs are
Pusheta Township has 871 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Pusheta Township and Wapakoneta trade workers both ways
Wapakoneta is the top workplace for Pusheta Township residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Pusheta Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Pusheta Township makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Pusheta Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pusheta Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 33%. 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; with 572 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Pusheta Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Pusheta Township’s grade up ($86,250, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 40% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Pusheta 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, Pusheta Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
How many people are in Pusheta Township by day
On a workday 546 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 845 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Pusheta Township on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Who travels to work in Pusheta Township, and from where
Where Pusheta Township clocks in
15% of workers
7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 47% of the jobs in Pusheta Township
871 jobs are based in Pusheta Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pusheta Township, 2013 → 2023: 676 → 871. 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 Pusheta Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Pusheta Township spends getting to work: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pusheta Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 619 commuters (the 1% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Pusheta 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.
Driving is how Pusheta Township gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 626 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). 0.0% of Pusheta Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pusheta Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Pusheta Township ranks: 1,643rd of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 24 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 47 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,641 | York Township IN | 1,538 | $81K | 11.6% | 1.8% | <1% | B− |
| 1,642 | Lodi Township OH | 1,356 | $90K | 6.5% | 0.8% | <1% | B− |
| 1,643 | Pusheta Township OH | 1,235 | $86K | 10.5% | 1.7% | 5% | B− |
| 1,644 | Perry Township OH | 1,590 | $68K | 5.9% | 1.7% | 1% | B− |
| 1,645 | Bayou Country Club LA | 1,497 | $112K | 17.8% | 2.3% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Pusheta Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
15% of Pusheta Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pusheta Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pusheta Township | – | B− | D | 19 min | $86,250 |
| Washington Township | under 3% | B+ | C | 19 min | $82,500 |
| Duchouquet Township | under 3% | C+ | B | 20 min | $68,659 |
| Clay Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Dinsmore Township | under 3% | B | C− | 19 min | $90,883 |
| Wapakoneta | 15% | C+ | B+ | 19 min | $65,570 |
Same-state neighbors only. Clay Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wapakoneta. Darker towns draw more of Pusheta 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 Pusheta Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pusheta Township?
$86,250 (±$30,088) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pusheta Township?
10.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pusheta Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pusheta Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wapakoneta (15%, 3 mi), Lima (7%, 16 mi), St. Marys (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pusheta Township walkable?
Pusheta Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pusheta 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 Pusheta Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pusheta 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.