Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHardly anyone in Recovery Township is out of work
Home is the office for 5% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. The two grades for Recovery Township are A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Recovery Township at work: what stands out
Recovery Township makes and builds things
67% of the jobs based in Recovery Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Recovery Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 42%. The jobs ↓
Recovery Township is where the jobs are
Recovery Township has 1,222 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
The jobs in Recovery Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
76% of the jobs based in Recovery Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 58% of the jobs Recovery Township residents hold. 91% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Recovery Township. 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 778 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Recovery Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Recovery Township is better than 83% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Recovery Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Recovery Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
In Recovery Township, 67% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,222 jobs are based in Recovery Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Recovery Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,272 → 1,222. 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 Recovery Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Recovery Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 662 residents head out to work, 116 work right here, and 1,106 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Recovery Township on a workday afternoon, 30% more than live here.
1.6 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.
Commuting in to Recovery Township: where workers come from
Where Recovery Township clocks in
14% of workers
9% 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.
The trip to work from Recovery Township: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Recovery Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 973 commuters (the 5% 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 Recovery Township’s workers travel
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.
In Recovery Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Recovery Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,028 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). 5.9% of Recovery Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Recovery Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Recovery Township is 524th of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 31 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 56 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 522 | Washington Township IN | 1,288 | $107K | 3.7% | 4.7% | <1% | A− |
| 523 | Whately MA | 1,622 | $117K | 5.4% | 4.7% | 6% | A− |
| 524 | Recovery Township OH | 1,482 | $107K | 4.0% | 0.0% | 15% | A− |
| 525 | Lake Dalecarlia IN | 1,169 | $118K | 6.2% | 4.6% | <1% | A− |
| 526 | Clinton NY | 1,599 | $88K | 6.3% | 1.1% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Recovery Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
20% of Recovery Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Fort Recovery (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Recovery Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery Township | – | A− | C− | 15 min | $107,083 |
| Gibson Township | 2% | B+ | C+ | 16 min | $85,648 |
| Granville Township | 2% | A | C+ | 17 min | $113,355 |
| Fort Recovery | 14% | B− | C | 18 min | $66,563 |
| Washington Township | 2% | B | D− | 16 min | $96,016 |
| Butler Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 15 min | $68,657 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Recovery 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 Recovery Township: questions
What is the median household income in Recovery Township?
$107,083 (±$22,290) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Recovery Township?
4.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Recovery Township?
15 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Recovery Township work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Recovery (14%, 3 mi), Coldwater (9%, 6 mi), Celina (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Recovery Township walkable?
Recovery Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Recovery Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Recovery Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Recovery 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.