Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Wayne Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 73 jobs in Wayne Township; 563 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Wayne Township C; getting around on foot earns it D−. 0% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Wayne Township
Wayne Township is a place people come home to
There are 73 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 820 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Wayne Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Wayne Township and Washington Court House trade workers both ways
Washington Court House is the top workplace for Wayne Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Wayne Township come from (11% 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; with 563 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Wayne Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Wayne Township is better than 29% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Wayne Township’s grade up (10.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Wayne 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, Wayne Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Wayne Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 561 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Wayne Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Getting to work from Wayne Township takes about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 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 364 commuters (the 0% 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.
16% of working residents work in Washington Court House
Where Wayne Township clocks in
16% of workers
8% 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: 53% of the jobs in Wayne Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wayne Township, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 73. 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.
How far it is to work from Wayne Township
About 22% 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 trips from Wayne Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wayne Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. 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 364 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). 1.6% 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.
Wayne Township next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800: 3,126th of 5,400 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,124 | Adams NY | 1,636 | $64K | 8.9% | 1.6% | 2% | C |
| 3,125 | Tekonsha Township MI | 1,579 | $69K | 15.4% | 6.8% | 4% | C |
| 3,126 | Wayne Township OH | 1,310 | $64K | 10.0% | 0.0% | <1% | C |
| 3,127 | Round Lake WI | 1,148 | $62K | 5.8% | 3.3% | 8% | C |
| 3,128 | Morocco IN | 1,084 | $62K | 7.0% | 4.6% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Wayne Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Wayne Township
The biggest share goes to Union Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wayne Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Township | – | C | D− | 39 min | $63,651 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 40 min | $76,014 |
| Union Township | 8% | B− | D | 24 min | $74,352 |
| Concord Township | under 2% | B | D− | 27 min | $75,000 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Buckskin Township | under 2% | D | D | 25 min | $46,553 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $59,286 |
| Deerfield Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 42 min | $78,906 |
Same-state neighbors only. Marion 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?
$63,651 (±$19,962) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wayne Township?
10.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wayne Township?
39 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wayne Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington Court House (16%, 6 mi), Union Township (8%, 9 mi), Columbus (4%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wayne Township walkable?
Wayne Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 0% 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.