Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFewer people are out of work in Wayne Township (0.2%) than in 98% of U.S. towns
Wayne Township grades A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 5% of workers work from home; Ohio has 13%. About one in four stay in Wayne Township for work; outside it, Versailles is the main destination (25%, 0 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wayne Township at work: what stands out
Wayne Township makes and builds things
53% of the jobs based in Wayne Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Wayne Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 37%. The jobs ↓
Wayne Township and Versailles trade workers both ways
Versailles is the top workplace for Wayne Township residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Wayne Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Wayne Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wayne Township is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #245 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Wayne Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wayne Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
53% of the jobs in Wayne Township make or build things
3,063 jobs are based in Wayne Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wayne Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,441 → 3,063. 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 places Wayne Township commutes to
Where Wayne Township clocks in
25% 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.
How a workday changes Wayne Township
On a workday 1,698 residents head out to work, 681 work right here, and 2,382 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,100 people are in Wayne Township on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 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 2,217 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.
How many miles Wayne Township commutes
About 15% 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.
Most of Wayne Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wayne Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #580 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Wayne 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 2,340 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). 2.0% 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.
Among U.S. towns of 3,100 to 6,000, Wayne Township ranks 760th of 4,000 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 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 57 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 65 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 87 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 758 | Placitas NM | 4,223 | $110K | 3.2% | 3.5% | 3% | A− |
| 759 | Lindstrom MN | 5,039 | $98K | 6.5% | 2.8% | 6% | A− |
| 760 | Wayne Township OH | 4,460 | $86K | 4.9% | 0.2% | 29% | A− |
| 761 | Little Compton RI | 3,535 | $135K | 2.9% | 4.6% | 19% | A− |
| 762 | Haskell AR | 4,362 | $86K | 7.6% | 0.8% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,000 | 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.
Around Wayne Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wayne Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Township | – | A− | C+ | 21 min | $85,735 |
| Patterson Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 20 min | $100,948 |
| Adams Township | under 2% | B− | D | 23 min | $69,327 |
| Loramie Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 24 min | $88,523 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Newberry Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 26 min | $71,641 |
| York Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Richland Township and York Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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?
$85,735 (±$7,864) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wayne Township?
4.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wayne Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wayne Township work?
29% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Versailles (25%, 0 mi), Greenville (7%, 11 mi), Sidney (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wayne Township walkable?
Wayne Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wayne Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.