Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Wayne Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Wayne Township grades B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 196 jobs are based in Wayne Township, and 1,992 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 4% of workers (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Wayne Township stands out on work
Wayne Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Wayne Township is a place people come home to
There are 196 jobs based in Wayne Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wayne Township has about 3,000 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Wayne Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Wayne Township is Cincinnati, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (210) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Wayne Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Wayne Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wayne Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #580 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Wayne Township’s grade up (6.5%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wayne Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
From Wayne Township, about 38 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wayne Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,128 commuters (the 4% 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.
Who leaves Wayne Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,966 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Wayne Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Miles to work from Wayne Township
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.
11% of working residents work in Cincinnati
Where Wayne Township clocks in
11% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 49% of the jobs in Wayne Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wayne Township, 2013 → 2023: 247 → 196. 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 Wayne Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Wayne Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wayne Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #765 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,226 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 7.3% of Wayne Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wayne Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Wayne Township is 1,922nd among 3,867 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 29 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 56 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 62 | Sharon Township OH | 6,117 | $126K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,920 | North Beaver Township PA | 3,934 | $71K | 5.3% | 6.4% | 9% | B− |
| 1,921 | Highgate VT | 3,575 | $81K | 8.1% | 2.4% | 6% | B− |
| 1,922 | Wayne Township OH | 4,756 | $80K | 6.5% | 6.5% | 1% | B− |
| 1,923 | Montgomery Township PA | 5,823 | $99K | 7.9% | 4.0% | 6% | B− |
| 1,924 | North Brookfield MA | 4,793 | $79K | 12.9% | 3.2% | 10% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,867 | 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 Wayne Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Wayne Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wayne Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Township | – | B− | C− | 38 min | $80,313 |
| Goshen Township | under 3% | A− | C+ | 28 min | $77,759 |
| Stonelick Township | under 3% | B | D | 28 min | $71,300 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | B | C− | 31 min | $88,156 |
| Perry Township | under 3% | A− | D | 37 min | $98,773 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wayne 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 Wayne Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wayne Township?
$80,313 (±$13,088) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wayne Township?
6.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wayne Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wayne Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (11%, 25 mi), Miami Township (4%, 10 mi), Blue Ash (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wayne Township walkable?
Wayne Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wayne Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wayne Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wayne 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.