Camden Public School · Photo: Christopher L. Riley · CC BY-SA 4.0Somers Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Somers Township grades C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 577 jobs are based in Somers Township, against 1,346 working residents. About one in ten work in Somers Township; the top destination outside it is Eaton (12%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Somers Township apart on work
Somers Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Somers Township went from 394 in 2013 to 577 in 2023, +46%. The jobs ↓
Somers Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Somers Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Somers Township is better than 45% of U.S. towns, #676 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Somers Township’s grade up (2.4%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.9%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Somers Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
What Somers Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Somers Township, 2013 → 2023: 394 → 577. 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 Somers Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Somers Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Somers Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,584 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.
Somers Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,202 residents head out to work, 144 work right here, and 433 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Somers Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Where Somers Township goes to work
Where Somers Township clocks in
12% of workers
8% 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 Somers Township commutes less than 18 miles
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.
Few in Somers Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Somers Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #452 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,685 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 Somers Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Somers Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Somers Township is 2,340th of 4,153 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,100 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 50 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 59 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 81 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,338 | Tyro NC | 3,833 | $58K | 15.7% | 2.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,339 | Stephentown NY | 2,782 | $89K | 3.7% | 18.8% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,340 | Somers Township OH | 3,814 | $64K | 16.9% | 2.4% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,341 | Green Creek Township OH | 3,448 | $69K | 17.4% | 2.5% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,342 | Sandusky Township OH | 3,562 | $83K | 23.3% | 3.8% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,153 | 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 Somers Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door is work for 11% of Somers Township
The biggest share goes to Camden (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Somers Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somers Township | – | C+ | B− | 29 min | $64,350 |
| Gasper Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 32 min | $85,769 |
| Israel Township | under 2% | B | B− | 29 min | $69,630 |
| Gratis Township | 3% | B | D | 29 min | $88,523 |
| Camden | 8% | C− | C− | 30 min | $49,063 |
| Milford Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 31 min | $83,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Somers 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 Somers Township: questions
What is the median household income in Somers Township?
$64,350 (±$14,560) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Somers Township?
16.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Somers Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Somers Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eaton (12%, 10 mi), Camden (8%, 3 mi), Oxford (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Somers Township walkable?
Somers Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Somers 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 Somers Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Somers 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.