Photo: Sixflashphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Violet Township top those of 89% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 3.4% of residents, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. For jobs and income Violet Township is better than 93% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (C+). 22% 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
Violet Township at work: what stands out
Much of Violet Township works one town over
53% of working residents work in a town that borders Violet Township: Columbus (40%), Pickerington (6%) and Reynoldsburg (3%). Next door ↓
Home offices are common in Violet Township
22% of Violet Township workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Violet Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 21% of Violet Township’s own working residents. 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.
Inside Violet Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Violet Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
Violet Township’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Violet Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19,005 commuters (the 22% 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.
What work there is in Violet Township: 14,616 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Violet Township, 2013 → 2023: 11,580 → 14,616. 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 Violet Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Violet Township
On a workday 19,061 residents head out to work, 2,294 work right here, and 12,322 people come in from elsewhere.
About 44,000 people are in Violet Township on a workday afternoon, 13% 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 2023, primary jobs.
40% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Violet Township clocks in
40% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
How far Violet Township goes to work
About 15% 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.
For most of Violet Township, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 24,465 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). 2.8% of Violet Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Violet Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Violet Township is 79th of 846 U.S. towns of 36,000 to 69,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Oakton VA | 36,528 | $161K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Dublin OH | 49,094 | $160K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Washington Township OH | 51,915 | $148K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Homer Township IL | 41,948 | $136K | 4.5% | 4.0% | 7% | A |
| 78 | Newark CA | 47,895 | $169K | 4.3% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| 79 | Violet Township OH | 50,908 | $122K | 3.4% | 3.6% | 11% | A |
| 80 | Mechanicsville VA | 38,683 | $99K | 5.2% | 1.9% | 11% | A |
| 81 | St. Charles Township IL | 52,830 | $128K | 4.2% | 3.8% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 846 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Violet Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 53% of Violet Township
The biggest share goes to Columbus (40%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Violet Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violet Township | – | A | C+ | 27 min | $122,471 |
| Columbus | 40% | B− | A | 22 min | $66,082 |
| Pickerington | 6% | A | C+ | 27 min | $111,833 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 23 min | $89,239 |
| Bloom Township | under 2% | A+ | C | 28 min | $114,493 |
| Truro Township | under 2% | B− | A− | 24 min | $65,999 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | A− | C | 27 min | $100,479 |
| Reynoldsburg | 3% | B | B+ | 25 min | $72,972 |
| Canal Winchester | 2% | A+ | B | 25 min | $131,209 |
| Etna Township | 2% | B+ | C | 29 min | $102,813 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Violet 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 Violet Township: questions
What is the median household income in Violet Township?
$122,471 (±$6,984) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Violet Township?
3.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Violet Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Violet Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (40%, 15 mi), Pickerington (6%, 1 mi), Reynoldsburg (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Violet Township walkable?
Violet Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Violet 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 Violet Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Violet 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.