Photo: Bwsmith84 · CC BY 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Watertown Township works elsewhere
There are 333 jobs in Watertown Township, against 770 working residents. Jobs and income earn Watertown Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D−. Measured by household income, Watertown Township is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Watertown Township in brief
Watertown Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Watertown Township is better than 70% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Watertown Township’s grade up (1.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Watertown Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Watertown Township could be anywhere from B to B+.
A place that makes things: 78% of Watertown Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Watertown Township, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 333. 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 Watertown Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Watertown Township by day
On a workday 732 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 295 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Watertown 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.
17% of working residents work in Marietta
Where Watertown Township clocks in
17% of workers
8% 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.
How long Watertown Township spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Watertown Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 584 commuters (the 11% 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.
How far Watertown Township goes to work
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.
Few in Watertown Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Watertown Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Watertown 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 659 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 Watertown Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Watertown Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Watertown Township ranks 1,112th of 6,308 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,110 | Monterey MA | 1,093 | $152K | 4.1% | 9.4% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,111 | Austerlitz NY | 1,556 | $113K | 3.0% | 4.2% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,112 | Watertown Township OH | 1,472 | $103K | 1.5% | 0.0% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,113 | Huston Township PA | 1,236 | $109K | 4.3% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,114 | Lake Como NJ | 1,677 | $82K | 3.7% | 6.5% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Watertown Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work next door: 12% of Watertown Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Waterford Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Watertown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watertown Township | – | B+ | D− | 26 min | $102,986 |
| Barlow Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 25 min | $80,130 |
| Waterford Township | 8% | C | C | 26 min | $58,016 |
| Warren Township | 4% | B | D | 25 min | $82,617 |
| Palmer Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Muskingum Township | under 3% | B− | B− | 21 min | $78,188 |
| Adams Township | under 3% | C | D− | 22 min | $79,643 |
| Windsor Township | under 3% | D | D | 44 min | $55,714 |
Same-state neighbors only. Palmer Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Watertown 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 Watertown Township: questions
What is the median household income in Watertown Township?
$102,986 (±$13,246) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Watertown Township?
1.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Watertown Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Watertown Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marietta (17%, 9 mi), Waterford Township (8%, 6 mi), Parkersburg (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Watertown Township walkable?
Watertown Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Watertown Township without a car?
0% 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 Watertown Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Watertown 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.