Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Sugar Creek Township
Jobs and income earn Sugar Creek Township B; getting around on foot earns it B. About one in five work in Sugar Creek Township itself; outside it, Wooster draws the most (9%, 12 miles). The trip to work takes 18 minutes on average, next to 23 for Ohio and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Sugar Creek Township
Sugar Creek Township trades workers with the towns around it
Sugar Creek Township has about as many jobs (2,755) as working residents (2,825), but they are mostly different people: 2,265 residents leave for work each day while 2,195 people come in. Only 20% of the jobs in Sugar Creek Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Sugar Creek Township makes and builds things
52% of the jobs based in Sugar Creek Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Sugar Creek Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 32%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Sugar Creek Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. 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.
The four measures behind Sugar Creek Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sugar Creek Township is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #520 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Sugar Creek Township’s grade up (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sugar Creek Township could be anywhere from C to A.
The daily commute in and out of Sugar Creek Township
On a workday 2,265 residents head out to work, 560 work right here, and 2,195 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Goods, not services: 52% of the jobs in Sugar Creek Township
2,755 jobs are based in Sugar Creek Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sugar Creek Township, 2014 → 2024: 2,509 → 2,755. 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 Sugar Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes each way for Sugar Creek Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sugar Creek Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,456 commuters (the 10% 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 towns that employ Sugar Creek Township’s residents
Where Sugar Creek Township clocks in
7% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Sugar Creek Township
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.
Sugar Creek Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sugar Creek Township is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #257 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,742 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). 14.7% of Sugar Creek Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sugar Creek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Sugar Creek Township ranks: 1,583rd of 3,205 U.S. towns of 5,000 to 9,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 26 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,581 | New Sewickley Township PA | 7,038 | $74K | 9.8% | 4.5% | 5% | B |
| 1,582 | Patton Township IL | 5,104 | $67K | 7.7% | 1.9% | 21% | B |
| 1,583 | Sugar Creek Township OH | 7,151 | $77K | 12.5% | 3.6% | 20% | B |
| 1,584 | Rodeo CA | 8,976 | $91K | 8.4% | 10.9% | 3% | B |
| 1,585 | Yosemite Lakes CA | 5,288 | $98K | 7.3% | 2.7% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,205 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Sugar Creek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Sugar Creek Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to East Union Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sugar Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Creek Township | – | B | B | 18 min | $77,093 |
| East Union Township | 3% | A− | B+ | 17 min | $72,778 |
| Baughman Township | under 3% | A− | C+ | 21 min | $76,705 |
| Paint Township | under 3% | B+ | B+ | 23 min | $86,447 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sugar Creek 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 Sugar Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sugar Creek Township?
$77,093 (±$8,509) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sugar Creek Township?
12.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sugar Creek Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sugar Creek Township work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wooster (9%, 12 mi), Orrville (7%, 6 mi), Dalton (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Sugar Creek Township walkable?
Sugar Creek Township is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sugar Creek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sugar Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sugar Creek 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.