Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Tate Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Tate Township has 1,119 jobs; 4,112 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Tate Township are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 7% stay in Tate Township for work; outside it, Cincinnati is the main destination (13%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Tate Township at work: what stands out
Tate Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Tate Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Tate Township is Cincinnati, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (537) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Tate Township is a place people come home to
There are 1,119 jobs based in Tate Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Tate Township has about 6,500 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Tate Township
58% of Tate Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Tate Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Tate Township pay little
26% of the jobs based in Tate Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 31% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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 Tate Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tate Township is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #659 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Tate Township’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tate Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
The trip to work from Tate Township: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tate Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,710 commuters (the 12% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Tate Township
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.
Who commutes out of Tate Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,805 residents head out to work, 307 work right here, and 812 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,500 people are in Tate Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
What Tate Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tate Township, 2013 → 2023: 940 → 1,119. 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 Tate Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Tate Township’s working residents head each day
Where Tate Township clocks in
13% 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.
Driving is how Tate Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tate Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns, #722 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,227 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). 5.6% of Tate Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tate Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tate Township next to U.S. towns of 6,700 to 12,900: 1,765th of 2,790 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,763 | Selah WA | 8,678 | $75K | 13.9% | 4.4% | 11% | B− |
| 1,764 | Coxsackie NY | 8,079 | $88K | 12.7% | 3.9% | 15% | B− |
| 1,765 | Tate Township OH | 9,527 | $78K | 11.1% | 3.5% | 7% | B− |
| 1,766 | Gulfport FL | 11,404 | $71K | 13.4% | 6.2% | 7% | B− |
| 1,767 | Park City IL | 7,893 | $60K | 9.6% | 7.1% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,790 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Tate Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Tate Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Batavia Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tate Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tate Township | – | B− | C | 37 min | $78,429 |
| Williamsburg Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 27 min | $65,705 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 32 min | $92,729 |
| Batavia Township | 5% | B− | B− | 28 min | $77,683 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | C | C | 44 min | $63,406 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | D | D | 48 min | $56,726 |
| Clark Township | under 2% | C | D− | 36 min | $74,274 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tate 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 Tate Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tate Township?
$78,429 (±$8,012) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tate Township?
11.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tate Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tate Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (13%, 25 mi), Union Township (7%, 14 mi), Batavia Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tate Township walkable?
Tate Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tate Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tate Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tate 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.