Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Riley Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
There are 510 jobs in Riley Township, and 1,041 of its residents work somewhere. Riley Township grades B for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in ten work in Riley Township itself; outside it, Findlay draws the most (10%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Riley Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Riley Township is better than 65% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Riley Township’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Riley Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
In and out of Riley Township on a workday
On a workday 942 residents head out to work, 99 work right here, and 411 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Riley Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Where Riley Township’s working residents head each day
Where Riley Township clocks in
10% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Riley Township: what the 510 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riley Township, 2013 → 2023: 523 → 510. 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.
The daily trip from Riley Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 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 1,133 commuters (the 7% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Riley Township
About 19% 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.
The commute in Riley Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Riley Township is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,212 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.
Riley Township places 1,449th of 5,404 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,447 | St. Clair PA | 2,755 | $64K | 7.8% | 1.5% | 10% | B |
| 1,448 | Cresson TX | 2,126 | $92K | 12.0% | 4.5% | <1% | B |
| 1,449 | Riley Township OH | 2,167 | $66K | 2.6% | 2.7% | 10% | B |
| 1,450 | Washington Township OH | 1,685 | $80K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 6% | B |
| 1,451 | Rochester Township PA | 2,698 | $61K | 9.5% | 2.0% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
The towns around Riley Township
The biggest share goes to Blanchard Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Riley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Township | – | B | B | 24 min | $65,769 |
| Blanchard Township | 4% | C+ | D | 19 min | $77,708 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 20 min | $85,424 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 19 min | $83,482 |
| Union Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 20 min | $80,000 |
| Ottawa Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 23 min | $89,511 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$65,769 (±$7,247) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Riley Township?
2.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Riley Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Riley Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Findlay (10%, 17 mi), Ottawa (10%, 7 mi), Pandora (8%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Riley Township walkable?
Riley Township is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 5% 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.