Photo: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Rumley Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns. 105 jobs are based in Rumley Township, and 454 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Rumley Township are D for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Rumley Township, in a few figures
Rumley Township is a place people come home to
There are 105 jobs based in Rumley Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rumley Township has about 900 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Rumley Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 92 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 454 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Rumley Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Rumley Township is better than 10% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Rumley Township’s grade.
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Rumley 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, Rumley Township could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Who works in Rumley Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 443 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in Rumley Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Each way, about 35 minutes from Rumley Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rumley Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 436 commuters (the 12% 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.
11% of working residents work in Cadiz
Where Rumley Township clocks in
11% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
Goods, not services: 29% of the jobs in Rumley Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rumley Township, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 105. 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 Rumley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Rumley Township works
About 23% 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 Rumley Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rumley Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Rumley Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 497 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). 4.2% of Rumley Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rumley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Rumley Township is 3,991st among 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,989 | Jackson Township MO | 1,207 | $58K | 15.8% | 1.0% | 8% | D |
| 3,990 | Burke NY | 1,424 | $64K | 18.5% | 2.1% | 3% | D |
| 3,991 | Rumley Township OH | 1,244 | $54K | 15.0% | 3.7% | 2% | D |
| 3,992 | Oxford Township OH | 1,533 | $53K | 15.8% | 17.3% | 3% | D |
| 3,993 | Kingston GA | 1,176 | $53K | 17.2% | 10.0% | <1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Rumley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Rumley Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rumley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rumley Township | – | D | D | 35 min | $54,167 |
| Archer Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| German Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| North Township | under 2% | D | B− | 32 min | $60,625 |
| Loudon Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Archer Township, German Township and Loudon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rumley 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 Rumley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rumley Township?
$54,167 (±$24,407) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rumley Township?
15.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rumley Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rumley Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cadiz (11%, 10 mi), Steubenville (10%, 19 mi), Hopedale (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rumley Township walkable?
Rumley Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rumley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rumley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rumley 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.