Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Wayne Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Wayne Township B; getting around on foot earns it C−. Wayne Township has 1,174 jobs; 3,799 of its residents have a job. About one in ten work in Wayne Township; the top destination outside it is Cincinnati (7%, 36 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wayne Township and work: the main findings
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Wayne Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wayne Township is better than 56% of U.S. towns, #544 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Wayne Township’s grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wayne Township could be anywhere from C to A.
The towns that employ Wayne Township’s residents
Where Wayne Township clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Wayne Township
On a workday 3,450 residents head out to work, 349 work right here, and 825 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,700 people are in Wayne Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
What Wayne Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wayne Township, 2013 → 2023: 906 → 1,174. 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.
About 25 minutes to work from Wayne Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 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 3,707 commuters (the 14% 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
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.
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 16% of U.S. towns, #828 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 4,301 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). 3.3% 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.
Wayne Township is 1,484th of 2,806 U.S. towns of 6,600 to 12,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 10 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,482 | Gulf Breeze FL | 7,067 | $104K | 6.0% | 7.8% | 13% | B |
| 1,483 | Delavan WI | 9,228 | $65K | 10.2% | 3.3% | 21% | B |
| 1,484 | Wayne Township OH | 9,371 | $86K | 9.3% | 5.8% | 9% | B |
| 1,485 | Allegheny Township PA | 8,134 | $80K | 9.7% | 4.2% | 6% | B |
| 1,486 | Derry Township PA | 7,244 | $69K | 6.6% | 2.4% | 13% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,806 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Clear Creek Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wayne Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Township | – | B | C− | 25 min | $85,694 |
| Massie Township | under 3% | A− | D | 32 min | $82,933 |
| Turtlecreek Township | under 3% | A | C− | 29 min | $108,309 |
| Spring Valley Township | under 3% | B | C− | 26 min | $98,220 |
| Washington Township | under 3% | A | D− | 28 min | $120,993 |
| Clear Creek Township | 3% | A+ | B− | 25 min | $132,049 |
| Chester Township | under 3% | A− | D | 31 min | $112,768 |
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?
$85,694 (±$14,136) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wayne Township?
9.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wayne Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wayne Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (7%, 36 mi), Lebanon (6%, 10 mi), Waynesville (6%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wayne Township walkable?
Wayne Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 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 3% 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.