Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWashington Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Getting around Washington Township on foot earns D−. Washington Township has 88 jobs for 457 working residents. For 26% of workers, the job is at home, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Washington Township, in a few figures
Washington Township is a place people come home to
There are 88 jobs based in Washington Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Washington Township has about 710 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Washington Township and Hillsboro trade workers both ways
Hillsboro is the top workplace for Washington Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Washington Township come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Washington Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 77 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 457 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Washington Township
On a workday 449 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Washington Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2024, primary jobs.
20% of working residents work in Hillsboro
Where Washington Township clocks in
20% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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 Washington Township: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Washington Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 444 commuters (the 26% 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.
In Washington Township, 63% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Washington Township, 2014 → 2024: 38 → 88. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Washington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Washington Township to work
About 25% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Washington Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Washington Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Washington Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 601 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). 1.0% of Washington Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Washington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
The towns around Washington Township
The biggest share goes to Liberty Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Washington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Township | – | — | D− | 33 min | — |
| New Market Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 25 min | $70,217 |
| Liberty Township | 2% | C− | B | 24 min | $62,647 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 55 min | $64,398 |
| Marshall Township | under 2% | D | D− | 44 min | $67,321 |
| Concord Township | under 2% | D− | C− | 27 min | $45,066 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Washington 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 2024, 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 Washington Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Washington Township?
31.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Washington Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Washington Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hillsboro (20%, 6 mi), Wilmington (7%, 25 mi), Columbus (5%, 67 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Washington Township walkable?
Washington Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Washington 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 Washington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Washington Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.