ASM Headquarters and Geodesic Dome · Photo: Ohio Urban Development · CC BY 2.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Russell Township works elsewhere
Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns. Employers in Russell Township report 587 jobs, against 2,287 working residents. Russell Township grades A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Russell Township: the figures worth knowing
How Russell Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Russell Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns, #214 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Russell Township’s grade up (4.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Russell Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
How many people are in Russell Township by day
On a workday 2,207 residents head out to work, 80 work right here, and 507 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Russell Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
22% of working residents work in Cleveland
Where Russell Township clocks in
22% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Russell Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Russell Township, 2014 → 2024: 572 → 587. 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 Russell Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Russell Township spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Russell Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,305 commuters (the 19% 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.
Half of Russell Township commutes less than 13 miles
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.
In Russell Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Russell Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #569 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,834 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). 0.6% of Russell Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Russell Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Russell Township ranks: 658th of 3,541 U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 28 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 656 | Gardner Township IL | 4,551 | $104K | 1.1% | 3.8% | 3% | A− |
| 657 | Cambria NY | 5,727 | $112K | 5.0% | 3.8% | 6% | A− |
| 658 | Russell Township OH | 5,408 | $106K | 4.1% | 4.8% | 3% | A− |
| 659 | Spring Lake Heights NJ | 4,868 | $107K | 4.3% | 4.8% | 6% | A− |
| 660 | Winnebago Township IL | 4,965 | $94K | 6.8% | 2.0% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,541 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Russell Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Russell Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Chagrin Falls (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Russell Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Township | – | A− | C+ | 24 min | $106,061 |
| Hunting Valley | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| South Russell | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 28 min | $171,875 |
| Chester Township | under 2% | A− | C | 26 min | $111,159 |
| Chesterland | 2% | B+ | C+ | 26 min | $107,898 |
| Newbury Township | under 2% | A | C− | 25 min | $101,491 |
| Chagrin Falls Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Chagrin Falls | 3% | A | A | 21 min | $99,672 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hunting Valley: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Chagrin Falls Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Russell 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 Russell Township: questions
What is the median household income in Russell Township?
$106,061 (±$23,315) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Russell Township?
4.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Russell Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Russell Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (22%, 17 mi), Solon (4%, 7 mi), Beachwood (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Russell Township walkable?
Russell Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Russell Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Russell Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Russell 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.