Photo: Chris Green:Chrisg21090 (Uploads) / Chrisg21090 at English Wikipedia · Public domainHouseholds in Venice Township earn more than those in 64% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Venice Township B; getting around on foot earns it C+. Below the poverty line: 6.7% of residents, next to 13.3% across Ohio. Only 7% work in Venice Township; the top destination outside it is Tiffin (15%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Venice Township apart
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Venice Township
On income, poverty and job access, Venice Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Venice Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.1%) is left out: Venice Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Venice Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
The 438 jobs based in Venice Township
438 jobs are based in Venice Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Venice Township, 2013 → 2023: 321 → 438. 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 Venice Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Venice Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 673 residents head out to work, 52 work right here, and 386 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Venice Township on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.60 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 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Venice Township to work: where people go
Where Venice Township clocks in
15% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Venice Township’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Venice Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 847 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.
How far Venice Township goes to work
About 23% 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 Venice Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Venice Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Venice 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 919 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). 3.7% of Venice Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Venice Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200, Venice Township comes 1,845th 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,843 | Eden Township IL | 1,356 | $82K | 6.9% | 3.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,844 | Wayne ME | 1,167 | $93K | 7.9% | 1.3% | 4% | B |
| 1,845 | Venice Township OH | 1,634 | $86K | 6.7% | 1.1% | 7% | B |
| 1,846 | Crescent WI | 1,986 | $84K | 2.3% | 4.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,847 | Burnt Store Marina FL | 2,157 | $93K | 8.8% | 9.4% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | 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 Venice Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Venice Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Venice Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venice Township | – | B | C+ | 21 min | $86,442 |
| Richmond Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Cranberry Township | under 2% | C+ | A− | 24 min | $68,214 |
| Reed Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Bloom Township | under 2% | C | D | 28 min | $78,226 |
Same-state neighbors only. Richmond Township and Reed Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Venice 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 Venice Township: questions
What is the median household income in Venice Township?
$86,442 (±$14,457) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Venice Township?
6.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Venice 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 Venice Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tiffin (15%, 16 mi), Willard (6%, 9 mi), Attica (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Venice Township walkable?
Venice Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Venice Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Venice Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Venice 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.