Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAt 1.7%, unemployment in Shawnee Township is lower than in 88% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Shawnee Township; the top destination outside it is Lima (25%, 5 miles). The two grades for Shawnee Township are A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. 6% of workers have no commute at all; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Shawnee Township: the gist
Shawnee Township trades workers with the towns around it
Shawnee Township has about as many jobs (5,372) as working residents (5,579), but they are mostly different people: 4,830 residents leave for work each day while 4,623 people come in. Only 14% of the jobs in Shawnee Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Shawnee Township makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Shawnee Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Shawnee Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Shawnee Township works one town over
33% of working residents work in a town that borders Shawnee Township: Lima (25%) and American Township (8%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Shawnee Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Shawnee Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Shawnee Township is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #216 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Shawnee Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Shawnee Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
A workday in Shawnee Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 4,830 residents head out to work, 749 work right here, and 4,623 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 (0.96 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Factories, building and farms: 51% of the jobs in Shawnee Township
5,372 jobs are based in Shawnee Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shawnee Township, 2014 → 2024: 4,210 → 5,372. 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 Shawnee Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Shawnee Township: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shawnee Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,553 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.
Where Shawnee Township goes to work
Where Shawnee Township clocks in
25% of workers
8% 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.
How far it is to work from Shawnee Township
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Shawnee Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Shawnee Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns, #843 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Shawnee 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 5,914 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). 2.7% of Shawnee Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Shawnee Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Shawnee Township next to U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000: 619th of 2,354 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 4 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 617 | North Whitehall Township PA | 16,033 | $110K | 5.4% | 4.2% | 7% | A− |
| 618 | Florence Township NJ | 13,385 | $106K | 5.7% | 4.8% | 8% | A− |
| 619 | Shawnee Township OH | 12,542 | $93K | 4.7% | 1.7% | 13% | A− |
| 620 | Signal Hill CA | 11,153 | $113K | 7.1% | 4.9% | 4% | A− |
| 621 | Amityville NY | 9,799 | $106K | 11.2% | 3.1% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Shawnee Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Bordering towns draw 33% of Shawnee Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shawnee Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Township | – | A− | D | 17 min | $92,758 |
| Lima | 25% | D | B+ | 17 min | $46,240 |
| Logan Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 25 min | $75,000 |
| American Township | 8% | C+ | C | 18 min | $65,407 |
| Duchouquet Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 20 min | $68,659 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lima. Darker towns draw more of Shawnee 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 Shawnee Township: questions
What is the median household income in Shawnee Township?
$92,758 (±$5,461) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shawnee Township?
4.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shawnee Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shawnee Township work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lima (25%, 5 mi), American Township (8%, 5 mi), Bath Township (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Shawnee Township walkable?
Shawnee Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shawnee Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shawnee Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shawnee 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.