Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWork, pay and getting to work in Townsend Township
Working residents average 28 minutes each way (Ohio 23, U.S. 26). The two grades for Townsend Township are B for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 3% work in Townsend Township; the top destination outside it is Norwalk (20%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Townsend Township at work: what stands out
Stores, warehouses and trucking
76% of the jobs in Townsend Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Townsend Township and Norwalk trade workers both ways
Norwalk is the top workplace for Townsend Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Townsend Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The jobs in Townsend Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
80% of the jobs based in Townsend Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 57% of the jobs Townsend Township residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Townsend Township. 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; with 608 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Townsend Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Townsend Township is better than 64% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Townsend Township’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Townsend 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, Townsend Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
80% of the jobs in Townsend Township pay over $3,333 a month
752 jobs are based in Townsend Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Townsend Township, 2013 → 2023: 651 → 752. 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 Townsend Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Townsend Township commutes to
Where Townsend Township clocks in
20% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
Who commutes out of Townsend Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 591 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 735 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 (1.24 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.
From Townsend Township, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Townsend Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 605 commuters (the 13% 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.
Miles to work from Townsend Township
About 18% 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.
Townsend Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Townsend Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 695 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). 0.0% of Townsend Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Townsend Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Townsend Township comes 1,357th 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 25 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 48 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 61 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,355 | Elida OH | 1,904 | $81K | 3.1% | 5.1% | 5% | B |
| 1,356 | Union Township OH | 1,710 | $84K | 5.2% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,357 | Townsend Township OH | 1,542 | $72K | 4.0% | 0.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,358 | Terrebonne OR | 1,602 | $89K | 3.9% | 20.3% | 3% | B |
| 1,359 | Fannett TX | 1,654 | $91K | 9.7% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Townsend Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Townsend Township
The biggest share goes to Norwalk Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Townsend Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Townsend Township | – | B | C | 28 min | $72,424 |
| Norwalk Township | 2% | B | C+ | 22 min | $62,399 |
| Hartland Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 27 min | $73,295 |
| Berlin Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 22 min | $74,425 |
| Wakeman Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 27 min | $81,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Townsend 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 Townsend Township: questions
What is the median household income in Townsend Township?
$72,424 (±$16,877) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Townsend Township?
4.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Townsend Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Townsend Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Norwalk (20%, 6 mi), Oberlin (3%, 15 mi), Elyria (3%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Townsend Township walkable?
Townsend Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Townsend 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 Townsend Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Townsend 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.