Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Scioto Township trail those of 82% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Scioto Township C−; getting around on foot earns it B. The poverty rate is 19.9%; Ohio has 13.3%. About one in three work in Scioto Township itself; outside it, Chillicothe draws the most (28%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Scioto Township
A lot of Scioto Township works one town over
35% of working residents work in a town that borders Scioto Township: Chillicothe (28%) and Union Township (7%). Next door ↓
Scioto Township draws workers from far and wide
The 13,561 jobs in Scioto Township are filled from a wide area. Scioto Township’s own residents hold 23% and the ten next-biggest home towns 21%; the other 56% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
What’s behind Scioto Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Scioto Township is better than 25% of U.S. towns, #857 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Scioto Township’s grade up (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Scioto Township could be anywhere from C− to C+.
The places Scioto Township commutes to
Where Scioto Township clocks in
28% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Scioto Township
On a workday 7,216 residents head out to work, 3,135 work right here, and 10,426 people come in from elsewhere.
About 31,000 people are in Scioto Township on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Jobs in Scioto Township: what the 13,561 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scioto Township, 2013 → 2023: 12,665 → 13,561. 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 Scioto Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Scioto Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scioto Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,771 commuters (the 6% 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 Scioto Township commutes less than 9 miles
About 20% 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.
Few in Scioto Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Scioto Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #266 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Scioto 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 11,417 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). 8.0% of Scioto Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Scioto Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,509 U.S. towns of 19,000 to 37,000, Scioto Township comes 1,334th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 8 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
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| 10 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
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| 20 | Genoa Township OH | 27,720 | $177K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,332 | El Reno OK | 20,730 | $56K | 19.3% | 6.1% | 28% | C− |
| 1,333 | Lackawanna NY | 19,452 | $52K | 23.2% | 6.9% | 10% | C− |
| 1,334 | Scioto Township OH | 27,315 | $55K | 19.9% | 4.6% | 30% | C− |
| 1,335 | Ellensburg WA | 21,308 | $55K | 22.4% | 8.9% | 41% | C− |
| 1,336 | City of Orange Township NJ | 35,642 | $53K | 21.9% | 14.4% | 4% | C− |
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| 1,509 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Scioto Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
35% of Scioto Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Scioto Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scioto Township | – | C− | B | 22 min | $54,652 |
| Springfield Township | under 2% | B | D− | 17 min | $58,309 |
| Huntington Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 29 min | $65,350 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | D | D | 31 min | $64,135 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | D | D− | 25 min | $41,319 |
| Union Township | 7% | C+ | D | 31 min | $81,069 |
| Twin Township | under 2% | B | D− | 33 min | $57,670 |
| Chillicothe | 28% | C | B+ | 22 min | $54,086 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Chillicothe. Darker towns draw more of Scioto 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 Scioto Township: questions
What is the median household income in Scioto Township?
$54,652 (±$3,602) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scioto Township?
19.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scioto Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scioto Township work?
30% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chillicothe (28%, 2 mi), Green Township (11%, 9 mi), Columbus (8%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Scioto Township walkable?
Scioto Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Scioto Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Scioto Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scioto 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.