Photo: PokéTube · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Steubenville Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Steubenville Township D; getting around on foot earns it C−. Steubenville Township has 807 jobs, against 1,471 working residents. Measured by household income, Steubenville Township is behind 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Steubenville Township at work: what stands out
Steubenville Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Steubenville Township went from 433 in 2014 to 807 in 2024, +86%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Steubenville Township works one town over
30% of working residents work in a town that borders Steubenville Township: Steubenville (22%), Mingo Junction (6%) and Cross Creek Township (2%). Next door ↓
The jobs in Steubenville Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
72% of the jobs based in Steubenville Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 56% of the jobs Steubenville Township residents hold. 89% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Steubenville Township. The jobs ↓
Steubenville Township makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Steubenville Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Steubenville Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
Few Steubenville Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Steubenville Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Steubenville Township is better than 8% of U.S. towns, #968 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Steubenville Township’s grade up (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (27.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Steubenville Township could be anywhere from D− to C+.
37% of the jobs in Steubenville Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Steubenville Township, 2014 → 2024: 433 → 807. 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 Steubenville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Steubenville Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Steubenville Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,503 commuters (the 2% 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 daily flow of workers through Steubenville Township
On a workday 1,380 residents head out to work, 91 work right here, and 716 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Steubenville Township on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 2024, primary jobs.
22% of working residents work in Steubenville
Where Steubenville Township clocks in
22% 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.
How far it is to work from Steubenville Township
About 22% 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.
Few in Steubenville Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Steubenville Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #752 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Steubenville 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 1,541 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). 10.5% of Steubenville Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Steubenville Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Steubenville Township sits among U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | 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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| 55 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 64 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 85 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 3,862 | Surrey Township MI | 3,704 | $51K | 23.7% | 5.5% | 11% | D |
| 3,863 | Jackson Township OH | 4,010 | $79K | 23.7% | 9.5% | 3% | D |
| 3,864 | Steubenville Township OH | 3,982 | $53K | 27.4% | 7.2% | 6% | D |
| 3,865 | Piggott AR | 3,508 | $44K | 21.4% | 4.8% | 34% | D |
| 3,866 | Frostproof FL | 3,519 | $42K | 26.8% | 5.3% | 5% | D |
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| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Steubenville Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Steubenville Township and its neighbors: 30% work next door
The biggest share goes to Steubenville (22%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Steubenville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steubenville Township | – | D | C− | 20 min | $53,043 |
| Steubenville | 22% | D | A | 18 min | $48,172 |
| Mingo Junction | 6% | D | C− | 19 min | $53,833 |
| Wells Township | under 2% | D | C+ | 26 min | $48,977 |
| Cross Creek Township | 2% | B | C− | 25 min | $72,003 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Steubenville 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 Steubenville Township: questions
What is the median household income in Steubenville Township?
$53,043 (±$18,573) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Steubenville Township?
27.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Steubenville Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Steubenville Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Steubenville (22%, 3 mi), Weirton (8%, 7 mi), Mingo Junction (6%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Steubenville Township walkable?
Steubenville Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Steubenville Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Steubenville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Steubenville 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.