Photo: Jaknouse · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Rome Township works elsewhere
Measured by household income, Rome Township is behind 81% of U.S. towns. Rome Township has 153 jobs, against 458 working residents. For jobs and income Rome Township is better than 15% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Rome Township: the figures worth knowing
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Rome Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical 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 458 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Rome Township: the grade in detail
The poverty rate holds Rome Township’s grade up (10.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (12.0%) is left out: Rome 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, Rome Township could be anywhere from D− to B.
How far Rome Township goes to work
About 36% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 28 minutes each way for Rome Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rome Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 710 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.
A workday in Rome Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 452 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in Rome 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 2024, primary jobs.
21% of working residents work in Athens
Where Rome Township clocks in
21% 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.
Rome Township works in goods: 28% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rome Township, 2014 → 2024: 108 → 153. 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 Rome Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Rome Township, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 763 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Rome Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rome Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rome Township next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700: 3,638th of 4,866 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 24 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
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| 47 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 3,636 | Lake Township MI | 1,137 | $63K | 12.8% | 3.2% | 1% | C− |
| 3,637 | Warren NY | 1,021 | $73K | 19.3% | 1.6% | 1% | C− |
| 3,638 | Rome Township OH | 1,230 | $55K | 10.8% | 12.0% | 1% | C− |
| 3,639 | Colerain Township PA | 1,134 | $67K | 15.9% | 4.3% | 2% | C− |
| 3,640 | Sheshequin Township PA | 1,284 | $62K | 16.3% | 4.9% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Rome Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Rome Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rome Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rome Township | – | C− | D− | 28 min | $55,399 |
| Decatur Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 36 min | $72,554 |
| Canaan Township | under 2% | C− | D | 23 min | $57,955 |
| Bern Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Carthage Township | under 2% | D | D− | 36 min | $53,670 |
| Troy Township | under 2% | C− | D | 27 min | $56,389 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bern Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rome 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 Rome Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rome Township?
$55,399 (±$21,511) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rome Township?
10.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rome Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rome Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Athens (21%, 10 mi), Columbus (7%, 74 mi), Parkersburg (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Rome Township walkable?
Rome Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rome Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rome Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rome 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.