Photo: SalamanderEmergency · CC BY-SA 4.0At 2.1%, unemployment in Swanton Township is lower than in 83% of U.S. towns
Only 5% stay in Swanton Township for work; outside it, Toledo is the main destination (20%, 15 miles). The two grades for Swanton Township are B+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Swanton Township, in brief
Swanton Township trades workers with the towns around it
Swanton Township has about as many jobs (1,299) as working residents (1,322), but they are mostly different people: 1,258 residents leave for work each day while 1,235 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Swanton Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Swanton Township and Toledo trade workers both ways
Toledo is the top workplace for Swanton Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Swanton Township come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Swanton Township makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Swanton Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Swanton Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
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.
Why Swanton Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Swanton Township is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #331 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Swanton Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($69,044, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Swanton Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
How many people are in Swanton Township by day
On a workday 1,258 residents head out to work, 64 work right here, and 1,235 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 2023, primary jobs.
The places Swanton Township commutes to
Where Swanton Township clocks in
20% of workers
7% 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.
Swanton Township makes things: 41% of its jobs are in goods
1,299 jobs are based in Swanton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Swanton Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,095 → 1,299. 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 Swanton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Swanton Township, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Swanton Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,311 commuters (the 6% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Swanton Township
About 16% 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.
Driving is how Swanton Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Swanton Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #270 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,396 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.9% of Swanton Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Swanton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Swanton Township is 1,028th of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,026 | Orange OH | 3,574 | $170K | 16.0% | 4.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,027 | Kewaunee WI | 2,793 | $82K | 7.6% | 0.3% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,028 | Swanton Township OH | 2,829 | $69K | 5.9% | 2.1% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,029 | Pleasant Township OH | 3,755 | $85K | 5.6% | 1.9% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,030 | South Manheim Township PA | 2,820 | $92K | 4.3% | 3.3% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Swanton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Swanton Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Monclova Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Swanton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swanton Township | – | B+ | B | 23 min | $69,044 |
| Waterville Township | under 3% | A | B | 23 min | $114,360 |
| Swan Creek Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 31 min | $69,100 |
| Monclova Township | 2% | A− | C+ | 22 min | $117,891 |
| Whitehouse | 2% | A− | B+ | 24 min | $93,229 |
| Harding Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Providence Township | under 3% | B | D | 27 min | $97,675 |
Same-state neighbors only. Harding Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Swanton 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 Swanton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Swanton Township?
$69,044 (±$13,683) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Swanton Township?
5.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Swanton Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Swanton Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toledo (20%, 15 mi), Maumee (7%, 9 mi), Springfield Township (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Swanton Township walkable?
Swanton Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Swanton Township without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Swanton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Swanton 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.