Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Turtle Creek Township are higher than in 61% of U.S. towns
Turtle Creek Township grades C+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Below the poverty line: 15.8% of residents, next to 13.3% across Ohio. Only 1% work in Turtle Creek Township itself; outside it, Sidney draws the most (25%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Turtle Creek Township: the gist
Stores, warehouses and trucking
81% of the jobs in Turtle Creek Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 16% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Turtle Creek Township and Sidney trade workers both ways
Sidney is the top workplace for Turtle Creek Township residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Turtle Creek Township come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Turtle Creek Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (15 to 22 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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 783 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Turtle Creek Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Turtle Creek Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Turtle Creek Township’s grade up ($84,375, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (3.9%) is left out: Turtle Creek 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, Turtle Creek Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
77% of the jobs in Turtle Creek Township pay over $3,333 a month
898 jobs are based in Turtle Creek Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Turtle Creek Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,281 → 898. 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 Turtle Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Turtle Creek Township: the destinations
Where Turtle Creek Township clocks in
25% of workers
5% 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.
A commute of about 33 minutes in Turtle Creek Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Turtle Creek Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 509 commuters (the 8% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Turtle Creek Township
On a workday 772 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 887 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 (1.15 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Turtle Creek Township
About 16% 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.
Getting around Turtle Creek Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Turtle Creek Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Turtle Creek 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 554 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). 0.7% of Turtle Creek Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Turtle Creek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Turtle Creek Township next to U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100: 2,519th of 5,794 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,517 | Franklin Township IN | 1,179 | $69K | 7.5% | 0.8% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,518 | Bennington Township KS | 1,269 | $86K | 8.6% | 2.7% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,519 | Turtle Creek Township OH | 1,555 | $84K | 15.8% | 3.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,520 | Jackson Township PA | 1,847 | $69K | 6.4% | 5.0% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,521 | Bakersfield VT | 1,307 | $83K | 7.3% | 4.9% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Turtle Creek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Turtle Creek Township
The biggest share goes to Franklin Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Turtle Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turtle Creek Township | – | C+ | D− | 33 min | $84,375 |
| McLean Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 18 min | $93,333 |
| Franklin Township | 5% | A− | C− | 18 min | $86,862 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 15 min | $95,603 |
| Cynthian Township | under 2% | C | D | 20 min | $64,975 |
| Van Buren Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 22 min | $104,701 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Turtle Creek 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 Turtle Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Turtle Creek Township?
$84,375 (±$10,149) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Turtle Creek Township?
15.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Turtle Creek Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Turtle Creek Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sidney (25%, 5 mi), Franklin Township (5%, 5 mi), Troy (3%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Turtle Creek Township walkable?
Turtle Creek Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Turtle Creek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Turtle Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Turtle Creek 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.