Photo: Nyttend · Public domainThompson Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Jobs and income earn Thompson Township B−; getting around on foot earns it D−. There are 126 jobs in Thompson Township, against 583 working residents. 5% of workers have no commute at all, 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 Thompson Township, in brief
Thompson Township and Tiffin trade workers both ways
Tiffin is the top workplace for Thompson Township residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Thompson Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Thompson Township is a place people come home to
There are 126 jobs based in Thompson Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Thompson Township has about 910 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Thompson Township averages 26 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (16 to 22 minutes). Next door ↓
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 583 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Thompson Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Thompson Township is better than 47% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Thompson Township’s grade up ($80,313, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (8.5%) is left out: Thompson Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Thompson Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
15% of working residents work in Tiffin
Where Thompson Township clocks in
15% 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.
Thompson Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 580 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Thompson Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
In Thompson Township, 40% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Thompson Township, 2013 → 2023: 178 → 126. 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 Thompson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Thompson Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Thompson Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 696 commuters (the 5% 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 it is to work from Thompson Township
About 23% 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 Thompson Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Thompson Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Thompson 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 736 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). 7.2% of Thompson Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Thompson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Thompson Township next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900: 2,213th of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 28 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,211 | Royalton Township MN | 1,086 | $86K | 7.7% | 1.8% | 1% | B− |
| 2,212 | Newport Township OH | 1,893 | $82K | 5.3% | 4.7% | 4% | B− |
| 2,213 | Thompson Township OH | 1,371 | $80K | 9.1% | 8.5% | 1% | B− |
| 2,214 | Franklin Springs GA | 1,206 | $76K | 9.3% | 7.2% | 1% | B− |
| 2,215 | Cerro Gordo IL | 1,312 | $78K | 11.0% | 4.2% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Thompson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Thompson Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Thompson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Township | – | B− | D− | 26 min | $80,313 |
| Reed Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Adams Township | under 2% | A− | C | 16 min | $106,607 |
| York Township | under 2% | B | D | 17 min | $80,385 |
Same-state neighbors only. Reed Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Thompson 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 Thompson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Thompson Township?
$80,313 (±$34,334) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Thompson Township?
9.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Thompson Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Thompson Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tiffin (15%, 16 mi), Fremont (7%, 16 mi), Bellevue (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Thompson Township walkable?
Thompson Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Thompson Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Thompson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Thompson 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.