Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Vermillion Township’s household incomes are lower than in 62% of U.S. towns
10.3% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.3% across Ohio. Jobs and income earn Vermillion Township B−; getting around on foot earns it B−. 2% of workers have no commute at all, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Vermillion Township in brief
Vermillion Township makes and builds things
62% of the jobs based in Vermillion Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Vermillion Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Vermillion Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Vermillion Township went from 432 in 2013 to 678 in 2023, +57%. The jobs ↓
Vermillion Township and Ashland trade workers both ways
Ashland is the top workplace for Vermillion Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Vermillion Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Vermillion Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Vermillion Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Vermillion Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #635 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Vermillion Township’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($67,614, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Vermillion Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
The jobs
678 jobs are based in Vermillion Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vermillion Township, 2013 → 2023: 432 → 678. 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 Vermillion Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
20% of working residents work in Ashland
Where Vermillion Township clocks in
20% of workers
8% 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.
Time on the road from Vermillion Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vermillion Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,277 commuters (the 2% 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 a workday changes Vermillion Township
On a workday 1,096 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 632 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Vermillion Township on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.59 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.
The commute from Vermillion Township, by distance
About 20% 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.
Most of Vermillion Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Vermillion Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #408 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,309 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). 0.2% of Vermillion Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Vermillion Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,797 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600, Vermillion Township comes 2,303rd on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 30 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 34 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 40 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 2,301 | Brownsville OR | 1,904 | $83K | 10.0% | 1.1% | 4% | B− |
| 2,302 | Hanover Township OH | 2,385 | $55K | 6.3% | 3.0% | 13% | B− |
| 2,303 | Vermillion Township OH | 2,647 | $68K | 10.3% | 3.5% | 4% | B− |
| 2,304 | St. Marys KS | 2,790 | $77K | 8.6% | 4.4% | 29% | B− |
| 2,305 | Sabetha KS | 2,474 | $70K | 10.6% | 1.6% | 42% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Vermillion Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Vermillion Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vermillion Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermillion Township | – | B− | B− | 24 min | $67,614 |
| Montgomery Township | under 2% | A | C− | 16 min | $99,979 |
| Mohican Township | 2% | B+ | C+ | 28 min | $83,289 |
| Mifflin Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 27 min | $91,393 |
| Green Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 23 min | $64,038 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Mohican Township. Darker towns draw more of Vermillion 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 Vermillion Township: questions
What is the median household income in Vermillion Township?
$67,614 (±$15,922) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vermillion Township?
10.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vermillion Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vermillion Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashland (20%, 7 mi), Wooster (8%, 19 mi), Mansfield (8%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Vermillion Township walkable?
Vermillion Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Vermillion 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 Vermillion Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vermillion 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.