Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Waldo Township have higher incomes than those in 68% of U.S. towns
For 22% of workers, the job is at home (Ohio 13%). 4.5% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.3% across Ohio. Waldo Township grades A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Waldo Township
The better-paid jobs are outside Waldo Township
61% of Waldo Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 25% of the jobs based in Waldo Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Waldo Township pay little
30% of the jobs based in Waldo Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Waldo Township
22% of Waldo Township workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. 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 558 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Waldo Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Waldo Township is better than 78% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.6%) is left out: Waldo 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, Waldo Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Waldo Township
449 jobs are based in Waldo Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waldo Township, 2013 → 2023: 351 → 449. 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 Waldo Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Waldo Township, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Waldo Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 508 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Waldo Township
On a workday 545 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 436 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Waldo Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
11% of working residents work in Marion
Where Waldo Township clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
Miles to work from Waldo Township
About 17% 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 Waldo Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Waldo Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 651 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). 2.7% of Waldo Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Waldo Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Waldo Township places 403rd of 3,771 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 41 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 46 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Boston Heights OH | 1,408 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 401 | Ucon ID | 1,196 | $89K | 4.2% | 1.4% | 1% | A− |
| 402 | East Gull Lake MN | 1,184 | $123K | 3.6% | 2.7% | 4% | A− |
| 403 | Waldo Township OH | 1,125 | $90K | 4.5% | 0.6% | 2% | A− |
| 404 | Highland Township PA | 1,020 | $109K | 3.5% | 0.8% | <1% | A− |
| 405 | Woodlawn NC | 1,085 | $73K | 0.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Waldo Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Waldo Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Pleasant Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Waldo Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waldo Township | – | A− | C− | 29 min | $90,114 |
| Marlboro Township | under 2% | — | — | 45 min | — |
| Prospect Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 29 min | $83,796 |
| Pleasant Township | 2% | B+ | D | 29 min | $96,049 |
| Westfield Township | under 2% | B | D− | 36 min | $67,826 |
Same-state neighbors only. Marlboro Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Waldo 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 Waldo Township: questions
What is the median household income in Waldo Township?
$90,114 (±$29,531) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Waldo Township?
4.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Waldo Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Waldo Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion (11%, 10 mi), Columbus (9%, 33 mi), Delaware (9%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Waldo Township walkable?
Waldo Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Waldo Township without a car?
0% 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 Waldo Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waldo 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.