Riley Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
264 jobs are based in Riley Township, and 589 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Riley Township is better than 23% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (D−). Home is the office for 2% of workers; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Riley Township and work: the main findings
Riley Township and Fremont trade workers both ways
Fremont is the top workplace for Riley Township residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Riley Township come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Riley Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 589 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Riley Township
Job access by car holds Riley Township’s grade up (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (7.6%) is left out: Riley 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, Riley Township could be anywhere from D to A.
26% of working residents work in Fremont
Where Riley Township clocks in
26% of workers
10% of workers
4% 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.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Riley Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Riley Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 429 commuters (the 2% 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.
Who commutes out of Riley Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 578 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 253 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Riley Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
What Riley Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riley Township, 2013 → 2023: 295 → 264. 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 Riley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Riley 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.
Most trips from Riley Township start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 436 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 Riley Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Riley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Riley Township is 2,403rd of 3,771 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% | 1% | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Boston Heights OH | 1,408 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,401 | Loyal WI | 1,190 | $65K | 11.8% | 6.4% | 13% | C− |
| 2,402 | Farm Island Township MN | 1,050 | $68K | 9.7% | 0.0% | 1% | C− |
| 2,403 | Riley Township OH | 1,106 | $62K | 17.5% | 7.6% | 2% | C− |
| 2,404 | Concord Township PA | 1,354 | $65K | 15.4% | 4.5% | 1% | C− |
| 2,405 | Ashland Township PA | 1,092 | $79K | 16.4% | 0.6% | <1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Riley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Riley Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Riley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Township | – | C− | D− | 22 min | $61,806 |
| Rice Township | under 2% | C | D | 20 min | $71,823 |
| Sandusky Township | 2% | C+ | B− | 18 min | $82,796 |
| Townsend Township | under 2% | B− | C | 22 min | $52,128 |
| Green Creek Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 25 min | $68,622 |
| Ballville Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 22 min | $78,330 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sandusky Township. Darker towns draw more of Riley 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 Riley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Riley Township?
$61,806 (±$51,822) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Riley Township?
17.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Riley Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Riley Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fremont (26%, 6 mi), Clyde (10%, 6 mi), Toledo (4%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Riley Township walkable?
Riley Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Riley 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 Riley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Riley 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.