Photo: Bwsmith84 · CC BY 3.0Valley Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Employers in Valley Township report 441 jobs for 809 working residents. For jobs and income Valley Township is better than 12% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (D). Measured by household income, Valley Township is behind 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Valley Township in brief
Valley Township makes and builds things
59% of the jobs based in Valley Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Valley Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Valley Township and Cambridge trade workers both ways
Cambridge is the top workplace for Valley Township residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Valley Township come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The jobs in Valley Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
71% of the jobs based in Valley Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 53% of the jobs Valley Township residents hold. 95% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Valley 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 809 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Valley Township: the grade in detail
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Valley Township’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Valley Township could be anywhere from D− to B.
Valley Township works in goods: 59% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Valley Township, 2013 → 2023: 320 → 441. 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.
24% of working residents work in Cambridge
Where Valley Township clocks in
24% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Valley Township
On a workday 789 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 421 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Valley Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Getting to work from Valley Township takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 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 1,213 commuters (the 1% 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 Valley Township
About 24% 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.
Few in Valley Township walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,228 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). 0.3% 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.
For jobs and income, Valley Township is 4,570th of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 20 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,568 | Cowpens SC | 2,257 | $39K | 29.1% | 1.9% | 2% | D |
| 4,569 | Elk Township IL | 1,721 | $47K | 18.8% | 6.6% | 3% | D |
| 4,570 | Valley Township OH | 2,030 | $56K | 16.0% | 7.2% | 2% | D |
| 4,571 | Unionville GA | 2,000 | $53K | 31.8% | 10.5% | 0% | D |
| 4,572 | Gordo AL | 1,553 | $48K | 14.9% | 2.8% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
Bordering towns draw 10% of Valley Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Valley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Township | – | D | D | 22 min | $55,625 |
| Jackson Township | 10% | D | C− | 18 min | $51,487 |
| Spencer Township | under 2% | C | D | 30 min | $72,813 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 29 min | $74,784 |
| Buffalo Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Buffalo Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Jackson Township. 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?
$55,625 (±$26,929) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Valley Township?
16.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Valley Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Valley Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cambridge (24%, 7 mi), Jackson Township (10%, 3 mi), Zanesville (7%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Valley Township walkable?
Valley Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Valley 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 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.