Photo: dok1 · CC BY 2.0Household incomes in Seal Township are lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 25.1% of residents, where Ohio as a whole has 13.3%. The two grades for Seal Township are D for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Home is the office for 2% of workers (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Seal Township, in a few figures
Fewer jobs are based in Seal Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Seal Township fell from 3,642 in 2013 to 1,580 in 2023, −57%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Few Seal Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Seal Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Seal Township is better than 6% of U.S. towns, #979 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Seal Township’s grade up (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($40,896, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Seal Township could be anywhere from D− to C+.
What work there is in Seal Township: 1,580 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seal Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,642 → 1,580. 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 Seal Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Seal Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seal Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,218 commuters (the 2% 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 people are in Seal Township by day
On a workday 1,124 residents head out to work, 139 work right here, and 1,441 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 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.
16% of working residents work in Waverly
Where Seal Township clocks in
16% 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.
Half of Seal Township commutes less than 19 miles
About 26% 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 Seal Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Seal Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #799 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,246 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). 4.9% of Seal Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Seal Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Seal Township and other U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,153 | Hazlehurst GA | 4,172 | $39K | 28.2% | 6.3% | 21% | D |
| 4,154 | South Litchfield Township IL | 3,222 | $37K | 19.5% | 9.2% | 8% | D |
| 4,155 | Seal Township OH | 3,389 | $41K | 25.1% | 7.1% | 11% | D |
| 4,156 | Dawson GA | 4,131 | $29K | 53.8% | 6.0% | 19% | D |
| 4,157 | Sidney NY | 3,588 | $50K | 21.0% | 9.6% | 24% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | 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 Seal Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Seal Township and its neighbors: 16% work next door
The biggest share goes to Piketon (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Seal Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seal Township | – | D | C− | 22 min | $40,896 |
| Pee Pee Township | under 3% | C− | B− | 20 min | $57,269 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Newton Township | 3% | C− | C− | 33 min | $75,341 |
| Scioto Township | 5% | — | D− | 39 min | — |
| Beaver Township | under 3% | D | C− | 20 min | $50,911 |
| Union Township | under 3% | — | D− | 24 min | — |
| Piketon | 8% | D− | C− | 20 min | $41,313 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Seal 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 Seal Township: questions
What is the median household income in Seal Township?
$40,896 (±$12,428) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seal Township?
25.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seal Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seal Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waverly (16%, 3 mi), Piketon (8%, 2 mi), Columbus (7%, 63 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Seal Township walkable?
Seal Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Seal Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Seal Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seal 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.