Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Ripley Township works elsewhere
Measured by household income, Ripley Township is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns. There are 125 jobs in Ripley Township, and 446 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Ripley Township is better than 81% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Ripley Township
Income, poverty and work: Ripley Township’s grade explained
The poverty rate holds Ripley Township’s grade up (0.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (11.5%) is left out: Ripley Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Ripley Township stays A−.
Ripley Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 436 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Ripley 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.
15% of working residents work in Willard
Where Ripley Township clocks in
15% of workers
7% 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.
A place that makes things: 46% of Ripley Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ripley Township, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 125. 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 Ripley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Ripley Township, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ripley Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 538 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.
How far Ripley Township’s workers travel
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.
Getting around Ripley Township: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 571 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). 10.9% of Ripley Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ripley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ripley Township is 259th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 257 | Barbourmeade KY | 1,241 | $117K | 12.0% | 5.8% | 0% | A− |
| 258 | Eagle NE | 1,206 | $77K | 2.4% | 3.2% | 2% | A− |
| 259 | Ripley Township OH | 1,071 | $113K | 0.5% | 11.5% | 2% | A− |
| 260 | Janesville IA | 1,052 | $104K | 5.5% | 2.9% | 4% | A− |
| 261 | Sylvester WI | 1,007 | $111K | 2.5% | 3.3% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Ripley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Ripley Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to New Haven Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ripley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ripley Township | – | A− | C+ | 21 min | $113,365 |
| New Haven Township | 4% | C+ | B | 19 min | $69,609 |
| Fairfield Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 26 min | $64,766 |
| Greenwich Township | under 2% | B | B− | 21 min | $77,602 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ripley 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 Ripley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ripley Township?
$113,365 (±$12,293) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ripley Township?
0.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ripley Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ripley Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Willard (15%, 8 mi), Norwalk (7%, 14 mi), Mansfield (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ripley Township walkable?
Ripley Township is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ripley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ripley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ripley 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.