At 18.8%, unemployment in Wayne Township is among the highest of any U.S. town
Only 3% stay in Wayne Township for work; outside it, Dover is the main destination (11%, 9 miles). Jobs and income earn Wayne Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C+. Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average, where Ohio has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Wayne Township apart on work
Wayne Township makes and builds things
76% 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 42%. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
38% of the jobs based in Wayne Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 28% of Wayne Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Wayne Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
76% of the jobs based in Wayne Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 61% of the jobs Wayne Township residents hold. 95% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Wayne Township. The jobs ↓
Wayne Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Wayne Township went from 443 in 2014 to 616 in 2024, +39%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Wayne Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wayne Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Wayne Township’s grade up ($86,368, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wayne Township could be anywhere from D to A.
Goods jobs make up 76% of work in Wayne Township
616 jobs are based in Wayne Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wayne Township, 2014 → 2024: 443 → 616. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wayne Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Wayne Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,045 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 583 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Wayne Township on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.57 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Wayne Township ends
Where Wayne Township clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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.
From Wayne Township, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 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 916 commuters (the 7% 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 2024.
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 39% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% 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 987 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). 21.3% 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.
Among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200, Wayne Township ranks 2,970th of 4,995 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,968 | Hammond WI | 1,857 | $83K | 17.4% | 7.8% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,969 | Lamotte Township IL | 1,858 | $64K | 13.5% | 2.3% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,970 | Wayne Township OH | 2,390 | $86K | 11.2% | 18.8% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,971 | Wagon Wheel AZ | 1,716 | $68K | 7.8% | 5.8% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,972 | Burlington OH | 2,807 | $31K | 13.6% | 0.7% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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.
Bordering towns draw 14% of Wayne Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Franklin Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wayne Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Township | – | C+ | C+ | 21 min | $86,368 |
| Franklin Township | 4% | A− | C+ | 27 min | $76,081 |
| Sugar Creek Township | 3% | A− | A− | 18 min | $80,833 |
| Paint Township | 3% | A− | B | 19 min | $97,432 |
| Walnut Creek Township | 4% | B | B+ | 17 min | $100,720 |
| Sugarcreek Township | under 3% | B | B− | 24 min | $64,583 |
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 2024, 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?
$86,368 (±$38,321) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wayne Township?
11.2%, 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. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wayne Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dover (11%, 9 mi), New Philadelphia (8%, 12 mi), Canton (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Wayne Township walkable?
Wayne Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wayne Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 21% 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), 2024, 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.