Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Rush Creek Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 5% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Employers in Rush Creek Township report 816 jobs; 1,702 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Rush Creek Township B−; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Rush Creek Township stands out on work
Rush Creek Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Rush Creek Township makes and builds things
56% of the jobs based in Rush Creek Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Rush Creek Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Rush Creek Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Rush Creek Township is Columbus, 36 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (370) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Most jobs in Rush Creek Township pay over $40,000 a year
72% of the jobs based in Rush Creek Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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.
The figures behind Rush Creek Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rush Creek Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #572 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Rush Creek Township’s grade up (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rush Creek Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Commuting from Rush Creek Township: about 38 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rush Creek Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,667 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.
In Rush Creek Township, 56% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rush Creek Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,042 → 816. 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 Rush Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Rush Creek Township’s workers travel
About 16% 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.
How a workday changes Rush Creek Township
On a workday 1,608 residents head out to work, 94 work right here, and 722 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Rush Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
22% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Rush Creek Township clocks in
22% of workers
20% of workers
4% 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.
Most of Rush Creek Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rush Creek Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #892 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Rush Creek 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 1,753 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). 1.5% of Rush Creek Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rush Creek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rush Creek Township is 1,962nd of 4,112 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 54 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 62 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 85 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,960 | Melrose MN | 3,888 | $60K | 8.5% | 0.7% | 24% | B− |
| 1,961 | Duryea PA | 5,157 | $62K | 22.6% | 0.7% | 5% | B− |
| 1,962 | Rush Creek Township OH | 4,158 | $87K | 11.1% | 3.3% | 6% | B− |
| 1,963 | Tunkhannock Township PA | 3,962 | $83K | 7.4% | 3.6% | 13% | B− |
| 1,964 | Hanamaulu HI | 4,972 | $82K | 6.2% | 4.4% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Rush Creek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Rush Creek Township
The biggest share goes to Richland Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rush Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Creek Township | – | B− | D | 38 min | $86,821 |
| Reading Township | under 1% | C+ | C− | 36 min | $71,875 |
| Marion Township | under 1% | C+ | D | 31 min | $90,857 |
| Richland Township | 4% | C+ | D | 32 min | $94,396 |
| Jackson Township | under 1% | B− | D | 42 min | $75,025 |
| Pleasant Township | under 1% | B | D | 30 min | $107,052 |
| Berne Township | under 1% | B | C− | 28 min | $83,463 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rush Creek 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 Rush Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rush Creek Township?
$86,821 (±$12,850) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rush Creek Township?
11.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rush Creek Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rush Creek Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (22%, 36 mi), Lancaster (20%, 10 mi), Richland Township (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rush Creek Township walkable?
Rush Creek Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rush Creek 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 Rush Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rush Creek 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.