Photo: Don O'Brien · CC BY 2.0Households in Valley Township earn less than those in 67% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Valley Township itself; outside it, Portsmouth draws the most (17%, 10 miles). Below the poverty line: 15.3% of residents, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. Valley Township grades C− for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Valley Township, in brief
Jobs in Valley Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Valley Township went from 574 in 2013 to 1,355 in 2023, +136%. The jobs ↓
Valley Township trades workers with the towns around it
Valley Township has about as many jobs (1,355) as working residents (1,139), but they are mostly different people: 1,024 residents leave for work each day while 1,240 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Valley Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Most jobs in Valley Township pay over $40,000 a year
72% of the jobs based in Valley Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Valley Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Valley Township is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #896 of 992 in Ohio. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Valley Township’s grade.
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Valley 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, Valley Township could be anywhere from D− to B.
Services make up most of the work in Valley Township
1,355 jobs are based in Valley Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Valley Township, 2013 → 2023: 574 → 1,355. 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 Valley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Valley Township
On a workday 1,024 residents head out to work, 115 work right here, and 1,240 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 (1.19 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Valley Township
About 35% 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.
Where people from Valley Township work
Where Valley Township clocks in
17% of workers
5% 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.
About 26 minutes each way for Valley Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Valley Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 869 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.
Most of Valley Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Valley Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #641 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 942 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). 1.7% of Valley Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Valley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Valley Township places 3,556th of 4,355 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 42 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 47 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 51 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 3,554 | Tioga NY | 4,291 | $69K | 11.3% | 10.4% | 6% | C− |
| 3,555 | Wayland NY | 3,665 | $65K | 20.0% | 4.3% | 21% | C− |
| 3,556 | Valley Township OH | 3,580 | $64K | 15.3% | 2.7% | 10% | C− |
| 3,557 | Spearman TX | 2,956 | $69K | 7.7% | 10.6% | 40% | C− |
| 3,558 | Sutton Township OH | 3,000 | $41K | 22.5% | 1.5% | 5% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Valley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Valley Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Scioto Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Valley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Township | – | C− | C | 26 min | $64,340 |
| Morgan Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 29 min | $73,821 |
| Rush Township | under 2% | D | D− | 43 min | $55,925 |
| Scioto Township | 5% | — | D− | 39 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | C | D | 26 min | $68,345 |
| Clay Township | under 2% | C− | D | 30 min | $35,530 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Valley 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 Valley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Valley Township?
$64,340 (±$24,117) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Valley Township?
15.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Valley Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Valley Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portsmouth (17%, 10 mi), Scioto Township (5%, 7 mi), Lucasville (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Valley Township walkable?
Valley Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Valley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Valley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Valley 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.