Photo: Nyttend · Public domainA job hub: Ridgeville Township has 1.7 jobs per working resident, and 895 people come in to work
Jobs and income earn Ridgeville Township B+; getting around on foot earns it B−. There are 918 jobs in Ridgeville Township, and 526 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% stay in Ridgeville Township for work; outside it, Archbold is the main destination (16%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Ridgeville Township: the gist
Ridgeville Township is where the jobs are
Ridgeville Township has 918 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Ridgeville Township makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Ridgeville Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Ridgeville Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 37%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Ridgeville Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 526 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Ridgeville Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Ridgeville Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Ridgeville Township’s grade up (5.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Ridgeville 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, Ridgeville Township could be anywhere from C to A.
How a workday changes Ridgeville Township
On a workday 503 residents head out to work and 23 work right here.
About 1,500 people are in Ridgeville Township on a workday afternoon, 36% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Goods jobs make up 43% of work in Ridgeville Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ridgeville Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,063 → 918. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ridgeville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Ridgeville Township: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ridgeville Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 435 commuters (the 10% 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.
Where Ridgeville Township’s workforce comes from
Where Ridgeville Township clocks in
16% of workers
14% 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.
How far Ridgeville Township goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Ridgeville Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ridgeville Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 485 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). 18.2% of Ridgeville Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ridgeville Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
689th of 3,771: where Ridgeville Township ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 41 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 46 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 51 | Boston Heights OH | 1,408 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 687 | Illini Township IL | 1,282 | $99K | 6.9% | 4.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 688 | Leaf River Township IL | 1,076 | $86K | 5.4% | 2.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 689 | Ridgeville Township OH | 1,099 | $84K | 5.1% | 0.0% | 4% | B+ |
| 690 | Atglen PA | 1,403 | $120K | 13.8% | 4.4% | <1% | B+ |
| 691 | Melrose Township MI | 1,404 | $97K | 3.9% | 1.1% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Ridgeville Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Ridgeville Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ridgeville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeville Township | – | B+ | B− | 18 min | $83,654 |
| German Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 15 min | $76,146 |
| Adams Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Freedom Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Springfield Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 20 min | $80,724 |
Same-state neighbors only. Adams Township and Freedom Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ridgeville 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 2024, 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 Ridgeville Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ridgeville Township?
$83,654 (±$26,334) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ridgeville Township?
5.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ridgeville Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ridgeville Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Archbold (16%, 4 mi), Napoleon (14%, 9 mi), Defiance (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Ridgeville Township walkable?
Ridgeville Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ridgeville Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ridgeville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ridgeville Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.