Most of Richmond Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Richmond Township D−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Richmond Township has 22 jobs; 324 of its residents have a job. Measured by household income, Richmond Township is behind 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Richmond Township: the gist
Richmond Township is a place people come home to
There are 22 jobs based in Richmond Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Richmond Township has about 700 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Richmond Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 161 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (27 to 34 minutes). 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 324 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Richmond Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Richmond Township is better than 4% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Richmond Township’s grade up ($56,016, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (30.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (3.2%) is left out: Richmond 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, Richmond Township could be anywhere from D− to B−.
The daily commute in and out of Richmond Township
On a workday 323 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Richmond Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
A commute of about 44 minutes in Richmond Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richmond Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 652 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.
7% of working residents work in Andover
Where Richmond Township clocks in
7% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Goods, not services: 77% of the jobs in Richmond Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richmond Township, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 22. 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 Richmond Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Richmond Township
About 23% 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 Richmond Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Richmond Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 690 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). 19.9% of Richmond Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Richmond Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Richmond Township sits among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 35 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Granville South OH | 1,146 | $131K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,867 | Falls City OR | 1,042 | $51K | 19.8% | 7.4% | 1% | D− |
| 2,868 | Phillips Township IL | 1,049 | $54K | 21.6% | 1.1% | 2% | D− |
| 2,869 | Richmond Township OH | 1,005 | $56K | 30.0% | 3.2% | <1% | D− |
| 2,870 | Tuscarora Township PA | 1,135 | $52K | 18.2% | 1.0% | 3% | D− |
| 2,871 | Foscoe NC | 1,226 | $49K | 22.3% | 8.3% | 6% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Richmond Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Richmond Township
The biggest share goes to Andover Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Richmond Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Township | – | D− | C− | 44 min | $56,016 |
| Dorset Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Andover Township | 4% | D− | B− | 27 min | $57,406 |
| Pierpont Township | under 3% | D | D− | 29 min | $52,143 |
Same-state neighbors only. Dorset Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Richmond 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 Richmond Township: questions
What is the median household income in Richmond Township?
$56,016 (±$40,263) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richmond Township?
30.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richmond Township?
44 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richmond Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Andover (7%, 4 mi), Ashtabula (7%, 18 mi), Jefferson Township (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Richmond Township walkable?
Richmond Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Richmond Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richmond Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richmond 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.