Photo: Nyttend · Public domainVirginia Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Hardly any stay in Virginia Township for work; outside it, Coshocton is the main destination (21%, 7 miles). 7 jobs are based in Virginia Township for 214 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Virginia Township, in a few figures
Virginia Township is a place people come home to
There are 7 jobs based in Virginia Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Virginia Township has about 350 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Virginia Township and Coshocton trade workers both ways
Coshocton is the top workplace for Virginia Township residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Virginia Township come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Virginia Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 214 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Virginia Township
On a workday 214 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Virginia Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Where people from Virginia Township work
Where Virginia Township clocks in
21% of workers
6% 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 trip to work from Virginia Township: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Virginia Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 123 commuters (the 0% 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.
Most jobs in Virginia Township are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Virginia Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 7. 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 Virginia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Virginia Township commutes less than 20 miles
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.
Around Virginia Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Franklin Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Virginia Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Township | – | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Franklin Township | 3% | C− | D− | 27 min | $47,115 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 36 min | $76,944 |
| Cass Township | 2% | B+ | C | 26 min | $97,702 |
Same-state neighbors only. Washington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Virginia 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 Virginia Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Virginia Township?
5.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Virginia Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Virginia Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coshocton (21%, 7 mi), Tuscarawas Township (7%, 9 mi), Newark (6%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Virginia Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 22% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Virginia Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Virginia 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.