Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Waterloo Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
78 jobs are based in Waterloo Township for 880 working residents. Waterloo Township grades C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Hardly any work in Waterloo Township; the top destination outside it is Athens (33%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Waterloo Township, in brief
Waterloo Township is a place people come home to
There are 78 jobs based in Waterloo Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Waterloo Township has about 1,500 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Waterloo Township works in Athens
288 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Athens, 7 miles away. That’s far more as work in Waterloo Township itself. The commute map ↓
Waterloo Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 84 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; with 880 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Waterloo Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Waterloo Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Waterloo Township’s grade up (6.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: Waterloo Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Waterloo Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
The daily commute in and out of Waterloo Township
On a workday 878 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Waterloo Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Where Waterloo Township’s working residents head each day
Where Waterloo Township clocks in
33% 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 trip to work from Waterloo Township: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Waterloo Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 508 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.
The kinds of work in Waterloo Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waterloo Township, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 78. 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 Waterloo Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Waterloo Township
About 27% 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.
In Waterloo Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Waterloo Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 561 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.4% of Waterloo Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Waterloo Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Waterloo Township is 2,720th of 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,718 | Granville Township IL | 2,741 | $71K | 8.8% | 4.7% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,719 | New Bremen NY | 2,786 | $61K | 6.3% | 2.8% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,720 | Waterloo Township OH | 2,309 | $67K | 6.1% | 2.4% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,721 | Pittsville MD | 1,659 | $74K | 14.3% | 4.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,722 | Richland Township IN | 1,803 | $73K | 10.6% | 4.0% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Waterloo Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Waterloo Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Athens Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Waterloo Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterloo Township | – | C+ | C | 34 min | $67,188 |
| Athens Township | 2% | C+ | A+ | 17 min | $48,696 |
| York Township | under 2% | D | B+ | 41 min | $56,208 |
| Knox Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Brown Township | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Lee Township | under 2% | B | C− | 26 min | $81,761 |
Same-state neighbors only. Knox Township and Brown Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Waterloo 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 Waterloo Township: questions
What is the median household income in Waterloo Township?
$67,188 (±$32,076) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Waterloo Township?
6.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Waterloo Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Waterloo Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Athens (33%, 7 mi), Columbus (7%, 60 mi), Albany (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Waterloo Township walkable?
Waterloo Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Waterloo Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Waterloo Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waterloo 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.