Symmes Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
26% of workers work from home (Ohio 13%). Symmes Township has 1 jobs for 146 working residents. Hardly any work in Symmes Township itself; outside it, Huntington draws the most (8%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Symmes Township
On a workday 145 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Symmes Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 Symmes Township goes to work
Where Symmes Township clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
Symmes Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Symmes Township, 2014 → 2024: 3 → 1. 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 Symmes Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Symmes Township: about 43 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Symmes Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 84 commuters (the 26% 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 miles Symmes Township commutes
About 29% 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.
The towns around Symmes Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Symmes Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symmes Township | – | — | — | 43 min | $78,056 |
| Walnut Township | under 3% | — | — | 57 min | — |
| Aid Township | under 3% | — | — | 44 min | — |
| Decatur Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Greenfield Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Walnut Township: not graded. Aid Township, Decatur Township and Greenfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Symmes 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 Symmes Township: questions
What is the median household income in Symmes Township?
$78,056 (±$56,561) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Symmes Township?
23.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Symmes Township?
43 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Symmes Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huntington (8%, 23 mi), Elizabeth Township (6%, 11 mi), Ironton (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Symmes Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Symmes Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Symmes 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.