Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 2.5 jobs in Walnut Creek Township for every working resident, and 3,586 people commute in
3,849 jobs are based in Walnut Creek Township for 1,530 working residents. Walnut Creek Township grades B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Walnut Creek Township is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Walnut Creek Township apart
Jobs in Walnut Creek Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Walnut Creek Township went from 1,901 in 2013 to 3,849 in 2023, +102%. The jobs ↓
Walnut Creek Township makes and builds things
63% of the jobs based in Walnut Creek Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Walnut Creek Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 51%. The jobs ↓
Walnut Creek Township is where the jobs are
Walnut Creek Township has 3,849 jobs, 2.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 6,400 people are in town, 57% more than the 4,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
A young workforce
38% of Walnut Creek Township’s working residents are 29 or younger, about one in three. The jobs ↓
Most Walnut Creek Township residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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.
Inside Walnut Creek Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Walnut Creek Township is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #444 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Walnut Creek Township’s grade up (1.6%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (8.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Walnut Creek Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Walnut Creek Township works in goods: 63% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walnut Creek Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,901 → 3,849. 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 Walnut Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Walnut Creek Township on a workday
On a workday 1,267 residents head out to work and 263 work right here.
About 6,400 people are in Walnut Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 57% more than live here.
2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Miles to work from Walnut Creek Township
About 22% 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.
Where Walnut Creek Township’s workers come from
Where Walnut Creek Township clocks in
13% of workers
8% 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.
How long Walnut Creek Township spends getting to work: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walnut Creek Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,566 commuters (the 12% 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.
For most of Walnut Creek Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Walnut Creek Township is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns, #156 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 46.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,778 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). 52.1% of Walnut Creek Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Walnut Creek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Walnut Creek Township is 1,537th among 4,283 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 56 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 65 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 86 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,535 | Meadows Place TX | 4,546 | $90K | 9.5% | 6.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,536 | Omro WI | 3,639 | $62K | 8.1% | 2.0% | 6% | B |
| 1,537 | Walnut Creek Township OH | 4,050 | $101K | 1.6% | 8.2% | 17% | B |
| 1,538 | Colerain Township PA | 3,977 | $83K | 10.7% | 1.3% | 12% | B |
| 1,539 | Findley Township PA | 2,827 | $91K | 6.1% | 5.3% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,283 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Walnut Creek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Bordering towns draw 22% of Walnut Creek Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Paint Township (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Walnut Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Creek Township | – | B | B+ | 17 min | $100,720 |
| Berlin Township | 5% | A− | B+ | 16 min | $94,226 |
| Clark Township | 4% | A− | B+ | 23 min | $71,346 |
| Wayne Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 21 min | $86,368 |
| Paint Township | 13% | A− | B | 19 min | $97,432 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Walnut Creek 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 Walnut Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Walnut Creek Township?
$100,720 (±$8,982) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walnut Creek Township?
1.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walnut Creek Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walnut Creek Township work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paint Township (13%, 5 mi), Berlin (8%, 5 mi), Columbus (6%, 78 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Walnut Creek Township walkable?
Walnut Creek Township is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 47% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Walnut Creek Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 52% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walnut Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walnut Creek 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.