Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Royalton Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
5% of workers have no commute at all, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Employers in Royalton Township report 373 jobs, and 713 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Royalton Township C−; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Royalton Township and work: the main findings
The better-paid jobs are outside Royalton Township
59% of Royalton Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 37% of the jobs based in Royalton Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Royalton Township makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Royalton Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Royalton Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
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 713 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Royalton Township
On income, poverty and job access, Royalton Township is better than 22% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Royalton Township’s grade up (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (4.2%) is left out: Royalton Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Royalton Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Goods jobs make up 35% of work in Royalton Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Royalton Township, 2013 → 2023: 212 → 373. 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 Royalton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Royalton Township
On a workday 675 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 335 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Royalton Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
12% of working residents work in Wauseon
Where Royalton Township clocks in
12% of workers
12% 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.
Royalton Township’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Royalton Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 800 commuters (the 5% 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 many miles Royalton Township commutes
About 17% 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.
Driving is how Royalton Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Royalton Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 13.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 839 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). 2.0% of Royalton Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Royalton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Royalton Township places 4,249th of 6,308 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 31 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 56 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 68 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 4,247 | Spalding Township MI | 1,563 | $63K | 9.4% | 5.3% | 8% | C− |
| 4,248 | Danbury NH | 1,317 | $72K | 12.4% | 5.7% | 7% | C− |
| 4,249 | Royalton Township OH | 1,468 | $63K | 20.7% | 4.2% | 5% | C− |
| 4,250 | Warsaw Township PA | 1,333 | $61K | 11.7% | 4.9% | 2% | C− |
| 4,251 | Wayne Township PA | 1,262 | $64K | 10.0% | 1.7% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Royalton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Royalton Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Royalton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royalton Township | – | C− | B− | 26 min | $63,229 |
| Amboy Township | under 2% | A− | C | 31 min | $110,833 |
| Pike Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 26 min | $95,439 |
| Chesterfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chesterfield Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Royalton 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 Royalton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Royalton Township?
$63,229 (±$6,452) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Royalton Township?
20.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Royalton Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Royalton Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wauseon (12%, 11 mi), Toledo (12%, 24 mi), York Township (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Royalton Township walkable?
Royalton Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Royalton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Royalton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Royalton 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.