Stevenson Peters House · Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Walnut Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
24% of workers work from home (Ohio 13%). Employers in Walnut Township report 154 jobs for 1,465 working residents. Walnut Township grades B− for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Walnut Township apart on work
Walnut Township is a place people come home to
There are 154 jobs based in Walnut Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Walnut Township has about 1,800 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Walnut Township and Columbus trade workers both ways
Columbus is the top workplace for Walnut Township residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Walnut Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Walnut Township
24% of Walnut Township workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
Walnut Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 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.
What’s behind Walnut Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Walnut Township is better than 45% of U.S. towns, #671 of 992 in Ohio. Household income holds Walnut Township’s grade up ($101,202, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (22.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Walnut Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
Walnut Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,454 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Walnut Township on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
34% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Walnut Township clocks in
34% of workers
4% 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.
The daily trip from Walnut Township: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walnut Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,011 commuters (the 24% 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 kinds of work in Walnut Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walnut Township, 2013 → 2023: 126 → 154. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Walnut Township goes to work
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.
Few in Walnut Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Walnut Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns, #976 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 2.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,326 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). 0.6% of Walnut Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Walnut Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200, Walnut Township ranks 2,451st of 4,562 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,449 | Monterey Township MI | 2,529 | $91K | 8.0% | 10.3% | 4% | B− |
| 2,450 | Shelter Island NY | 3,351 | $134K | 6.0% | 7.1% | 31% | B− |
| 2,451 | Walnut Township OH | 3,115 | $101K | 22.0% | 4.4% | 1% | B− |
| 2,452 | Richland Township OH | 2,641 | $65K | 12.8% | 2.1% | 1% | B− |
| 2,453 | Delmar Township PA | 2,796 | $64K | 7.5% | 2.0% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Walnut Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Ashville (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Walnut Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Township | – | B− | D− | 30 min | $101,202 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 25 min | $64,423 |
| South Bloomfield | under 2% | B− | C− | 31 min | $75,625 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | B | D− | 45 min | $82,326 |
| Amanda Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 35 min | $80,699 |
| Circleville Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 23 min | $70,435 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 22 min | $76,343 |
| Ashville | 4% | B | B− | 20 min | $66,522 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | A | D− | 27 min | $105,273 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Walnut 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Walnut Township?
$101,202 (±$15,735) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walnut Township?
22.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walnut Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walnut Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (34%, 21 mi), Ashville (4%, 4 mi), Circleville (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Walnut Township walkable?
Walnut Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Walnut Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walnut Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walnut 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.