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Jobs & commute in Texas Township

Most of Texas Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident

Hardly any work in Texas Township itself; outside it, Bucyrus draws the most (14%, 12 miles). There are 7 jobs in Texas Township; 140 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Texas Township

On a workday 140 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.

140live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
7work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night320
Workday180
320live here− 140head out to work+ 7come in to work= 180on a workday

About 180 people are in Texas Township on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.05jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where Texas Township’s working residents head each day

SycamorePort ClintonUpper Sandusky: 5 residents work here (4%)Tiffin: 7 residents work here (5%)Galion: 6 residents work here (4%)Bucyrus: 19 residents work here (14%)AshlandWadsworthMarion: 7 residents work here (5%)Mansfield: 3 residents work here (2%)Columbus: 14 residents work here (10%)Marion Township: 7 residents work here (5%)Holmes Township: 7 residents work here (5%)Bucyrus Township: 6 residents work here (4%)Sycamore TownshipTexas TownshipTod TownshipLykens TownshipMcCutchenvilleBucyrusColumbusTiffinMarionMarion TownshipHolmes TownshipTexas Township
1
Bucyrus11.9 mi away
14%19
2
Columbus66.9 mi away
10%14
3
Tiffin12.3 mi away
5%7
4
Marion24.5 mi away
5%7
5
Marion Township24.1 mi away
5%7
6
Holmes Township6.4 mi away
5%7
7
Galion21.9 mi away
4%6
8
Bucyrus Township13.1 mi away
4%6
9
Upper Sandusky12.4 mi away
4%5
10
Mansfield32 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%59
The top trips

Where Texas Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Texas Township

Jobs based in Texas TownshipJobs Texas Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%29%
Trade, transport & utilities0%18%
Services: health, schools, offices100%54%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less29%20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%21%
Over $3,333 a month29%59%

Who does it

29 or younger14%25%
30 to 5457%45%
55 and older29%30%
+75%

Jobs based in Texas Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 7. 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 Texas Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

How long Texas Township spends getting to work: about 25 minutes

A year of commuting
189 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Texas Township25 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Texas Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Texas Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 72 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.

How far

The commute from Texas Township, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi75 miBucyrus: 14% · 11.9 miColumbus: 10% · 66.9 miTiffin: 5% · 12.3 miMarion: 5% · 24.5 miMarion Township: 5% · 24.1 miHolmes Township: 5% · 6.4 miGalion: 4% · 21.9 miBucyrus Township: 4% · 13.1 miUpper Sandusky: 4% · 12.4 miMansfield: 2% · 32 miBucyrus 14%Columbus 10%Tiffin 5%Marion 5%Marion Township 5%Texas Township
Texas TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
6%Under 10 mi8 residents
47%10–24 mi66 residents
14%25–50 mi19 residents
34%Over 50 mi47 residents

About 34% 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.

Next door

Around Texas Township: the bordering towns

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Tod Township23 min
Texas Township25 min
Lykens Township28 min
Sycamore Township34 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownTexas Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Texas Township–——25 min—
Lykens Townshipunder 3%——28 min—
Sycamore Townshipunder 3%C+C34 min$63,715
Tod Townshipunder 3%——23 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Lykens Township and Tod Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Texas Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Texas Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Texas Township?

6.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Texas Township?

25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Texas Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bucyrus (14%, 12 mi), Columbus (10%, 67 mi), Tiffin (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Texas Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Texas Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Texas Township

Texas Township home →

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.