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Jobs & commute in Sherman Township

Sherman Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

Working from home is the commute for 21% of workers; Ohio has 13%. There are 30 jobs in Sherman Township, and 271 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Sherman Township for work; outside it, Norwalk is the main destination (15%, 10 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

What the numbers say about work in Sherman Township

Sherman Township is a place people come home to

There are 30 jobs based in Sherman Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sherman Township has about 240 people in it, 50% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Sherman Township and Norwalk trade workers both ways

Norwalk is the top workplace for Sherman Township residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Sherman Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓

A lot of Sherman Township works from home

21% of Sherman Township workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. 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 271 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · Day and night

In and out of Sherman Township on a workday

On a workday 269 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.

269live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
28work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night480
Workday240
480live here− 270head out to work+ 28come in to work= 240on a workday

About 240 people are in Sherman Township on a workday afternoon, 50% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.11jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Sherman Township goes to work

Milan: 7 residents work here (3%)Monroeville: 29 residents work here (11%)New LondonWillard: 4 residents work here (1%)Huron: 4 residents work here (1%)ClydeBellevue: 18 residents work here (7%)Norwalk: 42 residents work here (15%)Sandusky: 17 residents work here (6%)Huron Township: 5 residents work here (2%)Greenfield TownshipPerkins Township: 14 residents work here (5%)Norwich TownshipPeru TownshipLyme TownshipSherman TownshipNorwalk TownshipMilan Township: 6 residents work here (2%)York TownshipHoliday LakesNorwalkMonroevilleBellevueSanduskyPerkins TownshipMilanSherman Township
1
Norwalk10.3 mi away
15%42
2
Monroeville6.3 mi away
11%29
3
Bellevue7.3 mi away
7%18
4
Sandusky19.6 mi away
6%17
5
Perkins Township15.8 mi away
5%14
6
Milan12.3 mi away
3%7
7
Milan Township13.7 mi away
2%6
8
Huron Township18.2 mi away
2%5
9
Willard9.2 mi away
1%4
10
Huron19.2 mi away
1%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%125
The top trips

Where Sherman Township clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Sherman Township’s commute takes about 22 minutes

A year of commuting
167 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Sherman Township22 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
21%

of Sherman Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Sherman Township gets to work
95%Drive alone
5%Walk

Share of the 179 commuters (the 21% 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.

The jobs

Factories, building and farms: 97% of the jobs in Sherman Township

Jobs based in Sherman TownshipJobs Sherman Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms97%35%
Trade, transport & utilities0%14%
Services: health, schools, offices3%50%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less7%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%31%
Over $3,333 a month67%55%

Who does it

29 or younger17%26%
30 to 5443%49%
55 and older40%25%
+400%

Jobs based in Sherman Township, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 30. 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 Sherman Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

How far Sherman Township’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi30 miNorwalk: 15% · 10.3 miMonroeville: 11% · 6.3 miBellevue: 7% · 7.3 miSandusky: 6% · 19.6 miPerkins Township: 5% · 15.8 miMilan: 3% · 12.3 miMilan Township: 2% · 13.7 miHuron Township: 2% · 18.2 miWillard: 1% · 9.2 miHuron: 1% · 19.2 miNorwalk 15%Monroeville 11%Bellevue 7%Sandusky 6%Perkins Township 5%Sherman Township
Sherman TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
32%Under 10 mi86 residents
41%10–24 mi112 residents
9%25–50 mi25 residents
18%Over 50 mi48 residents

About 18% 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.

Next door

Next door to Sherman Township

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Peru Township16 min
Greenfield Township21 min
Sherman Township22 min
Norwich Township32 min
Lyme Township34 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownSherman Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Sherman Township–——22 min$130,521
Peru Townshipunder 2%C+D−16 min$125,593
Norwich Townshipunder 2%B+C+32 min$105,583
Lyme Townshipunder 2%——34 min—
Greenfield Townshipunder 2%B−D−21 min$82,303

Same-state neighbors only. Lyme Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Sherman Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Sherman Township: questions

What is the median household income in Sherman Township?

$130,521 (±$86,564) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Sherman Township?

1.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Sherman Township?

22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Sherman Township work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Norwalk (15%, 10 mi), Monroeville (11%, 6 mi), Bellevue (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Sherman Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Sherman Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Sherman Township

Sherman Township home →

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.