With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Starr Township works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. 34 jobs are based in Starr Township for 504 working residents. Starr Township grades D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Starr Township apart
Starr Township is a place people come home to
There are 34 jobs based in Starr Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Starr Township has about 940 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Starr Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 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; with 504 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Starr Township on a workday
On a workday 501 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Starr Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Starr Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 429 commuters (the 5% 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.
23% of working residents work in Logan
Where Starr Township clocks in
23% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Starr Township: what the 34 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Starr Township, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 34. 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 Starr Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Starr Township
About 25% 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.
In Starr Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Starr Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Starr 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 453 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 Starr Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Starr Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Next door to Starr Township
The biggest share goes to Green Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Starr Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starr Township | – | — | D− | 32 min | — |
| Brown Township | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Green Township | 2% | C− | B− | 30 min | $62,060 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 29 min | $84,875 |
| York Township | under 2% | D | B+ | 41 min | $56,208 |
Same-state neighbors only. Brown Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Starr 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 Starr Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Starr Township?
18.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Starr Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Starr Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (23%, 8 mi), Lancaster (9%, 24 mi), Athens (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Starr Township walkable?
Starr Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Starr 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 Starr Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Starr 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.