Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Seneca Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
163 jobs are based in Seneca Township; 683 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Seneca Township are B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. For 4% of workers, the job is at home (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Seneca Township: the gist
Seneca Township and Tiffin trade workers both ways
Tiffin is the top workplace for Seneca Township residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Seneca Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Seneca Township is a place people come home to
There are 163 jobs based in Seneca Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Seneca Township has about 910 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Seneca Township workers work from home
Only 4% 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; with 683 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Seneca Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Seneca Township is better than 71% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Seneca Township’s grade up (3.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Seneca 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, Seneca Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
23% of working residents work in Tiffin
Where Seneca Township clocks in
23% of workers
10% of workers
5% 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.
In and out of Seneca Township on a workday
On a workday 672 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Seneca Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Getting to work from Seneca Township takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seneca Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 740 commuters (the 4% 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.
A place that makes things: 85% of Seneca Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seneca Township, 2013 → 2023: 149 → 163. 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 Seneca Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Seneca Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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.
Getting around Seneca Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Seneca Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 767 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). 0.7% of Seneca Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Seneca Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Seneca Township comes 971st on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 28 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 51 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 62 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 969 | Highland Township IN | 1,441 | $94K | 1.5% | 0.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 970 | Creel Township ND | 1,388 | $114K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 971 | Seneca Township OH | 1,427 | $92K | 3.1% | 1.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 972 | Liberty WI | 1,253 | $88K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 3% | B+ |
| 973 | Carson WI | 1,403 | $90K | 3.8% | 2.5% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Seneca Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Seneca Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Hopewell Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Seneca Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seneca Township | – | B+ | C | 26 min | $91,892 |
| Big Spring Township | under 2% | B− | C | 24 min | $73,688 |
| Tymochtee Township | under 2% | B | B− | 19 min | $83,559 |
| Eden Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 23 min | $113,500 |
| Hopewell Township | 2% | B | B− | 16 min | $61,434 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Seneca 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 Seneca Township: questions
What is the median household income in Seneca Township?
$91,892 (±$12,885) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seneca Township?
3.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seneca Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seneca Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tiffin (23%, 6 mi), Findlay (10%, 21 mi), Fostoria (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Seneca Township walkable?
Seneca Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Seneca Township without a car?
1% 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 Seneca Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seneca 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.