Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWarren Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Measured by household income, Warren Township is behind 81% of U.S. towns. Employers in Warren Township report 494 jobs; 1,621 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Warren Township is better than 15% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Warren Township and work: the main findings
Warren Township is a place people come home to
There are 494 jobs based in Warren Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Warren Township has about 2,600 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Warren Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 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.
Why Warren Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Warren Township’s grade up (13.0%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($54,804, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Warren Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Warren Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,499 residents head out to work, 122 work right here, and 372 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Warren 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.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Warren Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warren Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,590 commuters (the 5% 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.
14% of working residents work in Wheeling
Where Warren Township clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Warren Township: what the 494 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warren Township, 2013 → 2023: 644 → 494. 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 Warren Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Warren Township
About 21% 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.
Driving is how Warren Township gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 7.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,671 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). 7.3% of Warren Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Warren Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Warren Township next to U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000: 3,718th of 4,318 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,716 | Willits CA | 4,760 | $63K | 9.9% | 10.3% | 40% | C− |
| 3,717 | Galen NY | 4,346 | $64K | 17.5% | 6.7% | 10% | C− |
| 3,718 | Warren Township OH | 3,713 | $55K | 13.0% | 6.5% | 8% | C− |
| 3,719 | East Prairie MO | 2,841 | $35K | 21.2% | 3.2% | 15% | C− |
| 3,720 | Marietta OK | 2,982 | $52K | 20.6% | 4.9% | 12% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | 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 Warren Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Warren Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Tiltonsville (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warren Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Township | – | C− | B+ | 28 min | $54,804 |
| Wells Township | under 2% | D | C+ | 26 min | $48,977 |
| Smithfield Township | under 2% | D | D | 33 min | $57,718 |
| Mount Pleasant Township | under 2% | C | B | 32 min | $71,571 |
| Pease Township | under 2% | D | B | 24 min | $50,755 |
| Tiltonsville | 3% | C | A | 26 min | $57,250 |
| Rayland | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Yorkville | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rayland and Yorkville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Warren 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 Warren Township: questions
What is the median household income in Warren Township?
$54,804 (±$3,653) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warren Township?
13.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warren Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warren Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wheeling (14%, 8 mi), Martins Ferry (7%, 6 mi), Steubenville (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warren Township walkable?
Warren Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warren Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warren Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warren 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.