Wabash Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
1% of workers have no commute at all; Ohio has 13%. There are 171 jobs in Wabash Township; 427 of its residents have a job. Only 4% stay in Wabash Township for work; outside it, Greenville is the main destination (7%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wabash Township at work: what stands out
Time on the road from Wabash Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wabash Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 340 commuters (the 1% 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.
A workday in Wabash Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 409 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 153 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Wabash Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 Wabash Township work
Where Wabash Township clocks in
7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 62% of the jobs in Wabash Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wabash Township, 2013 → 2023: 227 → 171. 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 Wabash Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Wabash Township
About 19% 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.
How Wabash Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wabash Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabash Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $92,250 |
| Allen Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Patterson Township | under 3% | B+ | C− | 20 min | $100,948 |
| Granville Township | under 3% | A | C+ | 17 min | $113,355 |
| York Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Allen Township: not graded. York Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wabash 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 Wabash Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wabash Township?
$92,250 (±$48,522) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wabash Township?
11.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wabash Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wabash Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (7%, 15 mi), Versailles (6%, 8 mi), Fort Recovery (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wabash Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wabash Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wabash 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.