Photo: Nyttend · Public domainSunsbury Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Sunsbury Township has 198 jobs for 396 working residents. For jobs and income Sunsbury Township is better than 14% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (B). Only 6% work in Sunsbury Township itself; outside it, Woodsfield draws the most (11%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Sunsbury Township, in brief
The four measures behind Sunsbury Township’s grade
The poverty rate holds Sunsbury Township’s grade up (12.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Sunsbury Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Sunsbury Township could be anywhere from D− to C+.
The daily trip from Sunsbury Township: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sunsbury Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 454 commuters (the 18% 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.
How many people are in Sunsbury Township by day
On a workday 372 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Sunsbury Township on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Where the trip to work from Sunsbury Township ends
Where Sunsbury Township clocks in
11% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
What Sunsbury Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sunsbury Township, 2014 → 2024: 132 → 198. 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 Sunsbury Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Sunsbury Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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.
In Sunsbury Township, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 556 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). 8.3% of Sunsbury Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sunsbury Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sunsbury Township is 3,702nd of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,700 | Gerald MO | 1,350 | $61K | 14.5% | 6.1% | 4% | D |
| 3,701 | Jonesport ME | 1,244 | $68K | 13.5% | 5.4% | 14% | D |
| 3,702 | Sunsbury Township OH | 1,240 | $63K | 12.4% | 1.8% | 6% | D |
| 3,703 | Palestine IL | 1,210 | $63K | 15.0% | 3.2% | 2% | D |
| 3,704 | Wymore NE | 1,341 | $57K | 11.2% | 4.7% | 10% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Sunsbury Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Sunsbury Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Center Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sunsbury Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunsbury Township | – | D | B | 33 min | $63,487 |
| Adams Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Center Township | 5% | D− | A− | 28 min | $48,887 |
| Switzerland Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Malaga Township | under 2% | C− | D | 28 min | $65,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Adams Township, Switzerland Township and Washington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sunsbury 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 Sunsbury Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sunsbury Township?
$63,487 (±$19,860) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sunsbury Township?
12.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sunsbury Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sunsbury Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Woodsfield (11%, 6 mi), Center Township (5%, 6 mi), Barnesville (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Sunsbury Township walkable?
Sunsbury Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sunsbury Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sunsbury Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sunsbury 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.