Photo: Mbrickn · CC BY 4.0Van Buren Township has lower unemployment (2.3%) than 80% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Van Buren Township; the top destination outside it is Leipsic (12%, 1 miles). Jobs and income earn Van Buren Township B−; getting around on foot earns it B+. The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Van Buren Township, in a few figures
Where Van Buren Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Van Buren Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #619 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Van Buren Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Van Buren Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
39% of the jobs in Van Buren Township make or build things
850 jobs are based in Van Buren Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Van Buren Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,000 → 850. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Van Buren Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Van Buren Township
On a workday 1,100 residents head out to work, 148 work right here, and 702 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Van Buren Township on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Van Buren Township ends
Where Van Buren Township clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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.
Commuting from Van Buren Township: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Van Buren Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,204 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 commute from Van Buren Township, by distance
About 21% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Van Buren Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Van Buren Township is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns, #204 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,315 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). 2.9% of Van Buren Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Van Buren Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Van Buren Township is 2,244th among 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,242 | North Shore VA | 3,638 | $110K | 10.3% | 4.6% | 4% | B− |
| 2,243 | Jefferson ME | 2,728 | $85K | 3.4% | 5.9% | 5% | B− |
| 2,244 | Van Buren Township OH | 2,796 | $73K | 12.2% | 2.3% | 12% | B− |
| 2,245 | Ridgefield Township OH | 2,171 | $70K | 4.6% | 5.9% | 9% | B− |
| 2,246 | Janesville CA | 2,399 | $78K | 7.5% | 2.4% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 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 Van Buren Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Van Buren Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Van Buren Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Buren Township | – | B− | B+ | 21 min | $72,717 |
| Blanchard Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 19 min | $77,708 |
| Pleasant Township | under 3% | B | C | 20 min | $73,023 |
| Liberty Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 24 min | $98,077 |
| Bartlow Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 25 min | $81,429 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Van Buren 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 2024, 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 Van Buren Township: questions
What is the median household income in Van Buren Township?
$72,717 (±$10,652) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Van Buren Township?
12.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Van Buren Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Van Buren Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Leipsic (12%, 1 mi), Findlay (10%, 17 mi), Ottawa (10%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Van Buren Township walkable?
Van Buren Township is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Van Buren Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Van Buren Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Van Buren Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.