Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Spring Valley Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Spring Valley Township is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns. 394 jobs are based in Spring Valley Township for 1,083 working residents. Jobs and income earn Spring Valley Township B; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Spring Valley Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Spring Valley Township is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #519 of 992 in Ohio. Household income holds Spring Valley Township’s grade up ($98,220, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (8.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Spring Valley Township could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
How a workday changes Spring Valley Township
On a workday 1,008 residents head out to work, 75 work right here, and 319 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Spring Valley Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
12% of working residents work in Dayton
Where Spring Valley Township clocks in
12% 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.
Goods, not services: 34% of the jobs in Spring Valley Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Valley Township, 2013 → 2023: 392 → 394. 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 Spring Valley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Spring Valley Township spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Valley Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,053 commuters (the 11% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Spring Valley Township
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.
For most of Spring Valley Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Spring Valley Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #747 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,182 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.8% of Spring Valley Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Spring Valley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Spring Valley Township ranks: 1,866th of 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,864 | Pantego TX | 2,440 | $71K | 14.7% | 4.2% | 2% | B |
| 1,865 | Gerrish Township MI | 2,839 | $96K | 6.6% | 2.9% | 8% | B |
| 1,866 | Spring Valley Township OH | 2,565 | $98K | 8.3% | 8.0% | 7% | B |
| 1,867 | Whitesboro AL | 1,918 | $67K | 3.9% | 1.3% | 1% | B |
| 1,868 | Sale Creek TN | 2,955 | $54K | 5.0% | 2.9% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Spring Valley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Spring Valley Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Xenia (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Valley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley Township | – | B | C− | 26 min | $98,220 |
| Xenia Township | under 3% | B+ | B+ | 21 min | $95,313 |
| Sugarcreek Township | under 3% | A+ | C+ | 23 min | $186,172 |
| Xenia | 8% | C | B− | 25 min | $56,029 |
| Caesarscreek Township | under 3% | A | D | 27 min | $113,100 |
| Wayne Township | under 3% | B | C− | 25 min | $85,694 |
| Chester Township | under 3% | A− | D | 31 min | $112,768 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spring Valley 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 Spring Valley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Valley Township?
$98,220 (±$10,029) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Valley Township?
8.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Valley Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Valley Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dayton (12%, 16 mi), Xenia (8%, 5 mi), Beavercreek (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Spring Valley Township walkable?
Spring Valley Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spring Valley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Valley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Valley 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.