Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Walnut Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 6% work in Walnut Township itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (26%, 26 miles). Walnut Township has 780 jobs, against 2,868 working residents. Jobs and income earn Walnut Township B; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Walnut Township apart
Walnut Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Walnut Township is Columbus, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 26% of working residents (750) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Walnut Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Walnut Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Walnut Township went from 520 in 2013 to 780 in 2023, +50%. The jobs ↓
Walnut Township is a place people come home to
There are 780 jobs based in Walnut Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Walnut Township has about 5,000 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
The four measures behind Walnut Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Walnut Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns, #489 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Walnut Township’s grade up (6.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Walnut Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
How many miles Walnut Township commutes
About 15% 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.
About 32 minutes to work from Walnut Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 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 2,770 commuters (the 9% 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.
What Walnut Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walnut Township, 2013 → 2023: 520 → 780. 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.
The daily flow of workers through Walnut Township
On a workday 2,693 residents head out to work, 175 work right here, and 605 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,000 people are in Walnut Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
The towns that employ Walnut Township’s residents
Where Walnut Township clocks in
26% of workers
8% 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.
In Walnut Township, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,037 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). 1.5% 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.
Walnut Township places 1,521st of 3,227 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,900 to 9,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 26 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
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| 1,519 | Pleasant Grove AL | 9,346 | $70K | 19.7% | 1.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,520 | Sheboygan Falls WI | 8,687 | $71K | 7.6% | 4.0% | 12% | B |
| 1,521 | Walnut Township OH | 7,051 | $75K | 6.4% | 5.0% | 6% | B |
| 1,522 | Countryside IL | 6,260 | $81K | 10.0% | 6.6% | 4% | B |
| 1,523 | Bellevue PA | 7,888 | $69K | 9.4% | 4.7% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,227 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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.
Around Walnut Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Walnut Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Township | – | B | C | 32 min | $75,363 |
| Thorn Township | under 2% | A | C− | 27 min | $96,463 |
| Union Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 24 min | $95,347 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | B | D | 30 min | $107,052 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | A− | C | 27 min | $100,479 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 32 min | $94,396 |
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?
$75,363 (±$10,511) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walnut Township?
6.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walnut Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walnut Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (26%, 26 mi), Lancaster (8%, 11 mi), Newark (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Walnut Township walkable?
Walnut Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Walnut Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% 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.