Photo: JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Superior Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
0% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole. There are 160 jobs in Superior Township, against 637 working residents. Jobs and income earn Superior Township C+; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Superior Township, in a few figures
Superior Township is a place people come home to
There are 160 jobs based in Superior Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Superior Township has about 810 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Superior Township workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Superior Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 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 637 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Superior Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Superior Township is better than 36% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Superior Township’s grade.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Superior 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, Superior Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
The workday shuffle in and out of Superior Township
On a workday 632 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere.
About 810 people are in Superior Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Superior Township’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Superior Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 726 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where the trip to work from Superior Township ends
Where Superior Township clocks in
13% of workers
5% 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.
Making and building: 50% of jobs based in Superior Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Superior Township, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 160. 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 Superior Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Superior Township, by distance
About 18% 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 Superior Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Superior Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Superior 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 726 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). 1.0% of Superior Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Superior Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Superior Township is 2,372nd of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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% | 1% | 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% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,370 | Mantachie MS | 1,143 | $66K | 13.0% | 4.1% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,371 | Pershing Township IN | 1,362 | $73K | 9.8% | 6.7% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,372 | Superior Township OH | 1,282 | $67K | 9.9% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,373 | Paint Township PA | 1,622 | $62K | 8.4% | 8.1% | 12% | C+ |
| 2,374 | Pioneer CA | 1,155 | $76K | 6.5% | 5.1% | <1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Superior Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door is work for 12% of Superior Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Superior Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Township | – | C+ | D− | 28 min | $67,222 |
| Montpelier | 12% | D | B− | 20 min | $41,269 |
| Florence Township | under 3% | C | D | 24 min | $75,216 |
| Bridgewater Township | under 3% | C− | D | 20 min | $77,143 |
| Jefferson Township | under 3% | B | D− | 16 min | $73,750 |
| Center Township | under 3% | B | D | 22 min | $89,205 |
| Madison Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| St. Joseph Township | under 3% | C+ | B | 26 min | $50,263 |
Same-state neighbors only. Madison Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Montpelier. Darker towns draw more of Superior 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 Superior Township: questions
What is the median household income in Superior Township?
$67,222 (±$9,841) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Superior Township?
9.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Superior Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Superior Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bryan (13%, 8 mi), Montpelier (12%, 3 mi), Holiday City (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Superior Township walkable?
Superior Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Superior Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Superior Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Superior 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.