Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnemployment in Richland Township (6.1%) is higher than in 75% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Richland Township itself; outside it, Bluffton draws the most (23%, 3 miles). For jobs and income Richland Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (B+). A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes; Ohio averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Richland Township, in a few figures
Richland Township trades workers with the towns around it
Richland Township has about as many jobs (2,158) as working residents (2,205), but they are mostly different people: 1,784 residents leave for work each day while 1,737 people come in. Only 20% of the jobs in Richland Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Richland Township and Bluffton trade workers both ways
Bluffton is the top workplace for Richland Township residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Richland Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
How Richland Township earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Richland Township’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Richland Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
In and out of Richland Township on a workday
On a workday 1,784 residents head out to work, 421 work right here, and 1,737 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Richland Township goes to work
Where Richland Township clocks in
23% of workers
12% 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.
Richland Township makes things: 30% of its jobs are in goods
2,158 jobs are based in Richland Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richland Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,431 → 2,158. 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 Richland Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Richland Township, about 19 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richland Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,526 commuters (the 8% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Richland Township
About 22% 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.
For most of Richland Township, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 7.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,759 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). 1.4% of Richland Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Richland Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Richland Township is 1,771st of 3,527 U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 27 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
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| 1,769 | Highlands NJ | 4,350 | $92K | 10.1% | 7.5% | 8% | B− |
| 1,770 | Chazy NY | 4,035 | $96K | 6.5% | 4.3% | 11% | B− |
| 1,771 | Richland Township OH | 5,771 | $83K | 3.6% | 6.1% | 19% | B− |
| 1,772 | Westwood KY | 4,473 | $74K | 9.6% | 4.0% | 3% | B− |
| 1,773 | Wappingers Falls NY | 6,048 | $65K | 3.8% | 7.4% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,527 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Richland Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Richland Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Richland Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richland Township | – | B− | B+ | 19 min | $83,482 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | B | D− | 20 min | $72,917 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | A− | D | 20 min | $88,487 |
| Riley Township | under 2% | B | B | 24 min | $65,769 |
| Orange Township | under 2% | B | B | 21 min | $74,966 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 20 min | $85,424 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Richland 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 Richland Township: questions
What is the median household income in Richland Township?
$83,482 (±$11,606) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richland Township?
3.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richland Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richland Township work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bluffton (23%, 3 mi), Lima (12%, 13 mi), Bath Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Richland Township walkable?
Richland Township is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Richland Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richland Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richland 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.