Photo: Photo by and ©2010 Dustin M. Ramsey (Kralizec!) · CC BY-SA 2.5Most of Webster Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
56 jobs are based in Webster Township, against 598 working residents. The two grades for Webster Township are A for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Measured by household income, Webster Township is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Webster Township
The figures behind Webster Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Webster Township is better than 94% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (0.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Webster Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Webster Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Who works in Webster Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 588 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Webster Township on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
15% of working residents work in Bowling Green
Where Webster Township clocks in
15% of workers
14% 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.
In Webster Township, 73% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Webster Township, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 56. 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 Webster Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Webster Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 679 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 far Webster Township’s workers travel
About 16% 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.
In Webster Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Webster Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Webster 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 727 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). 2.1% of Webster Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Webster Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Webster Township next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700: 155th of 4,866 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+ |
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| 24 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 47 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 153 | Elkhorn CA | 1,664 | $127K | 2.0% | 10.0% | <1% | A |
| 154 | Aurora TX | 1,643 | $106K | 4.9% | 4.7% | 1% | A |
| 155 | Webster Township OH | 1,255 | $105K | 0.9% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| 156 | Del Rey Oaks CA | 1,536 | $135K | 3.8% | 12.4% | 4% | A |
| 157 | Lebanon NJ | 1,676 | $110K | 4.7% | 2.5% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Webster Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Webster Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Troy Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Webster Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webster Township | – | A | D− | 20 min | $105,179 |
| Center Township | under 2% | A | C− | 21 min | $108,056 |
| Freedom Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 23 min | $92,670 |
| Troy Township | 5% | A− | D | 23 min | $77,527 |
| Middleton Township | under 2% | A− | D | 21 min | $121,419 |
| Perrysburg Township | 3% | B | C | 20 min | $73,988 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Webster 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 Webster Township: questions
What is the median household income in Webster Township?
$105,179 (±$39,137) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Webster Township?
0.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Webster Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Webster Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bowling Green (15%, 7 mi), Toledo (14%, 16 mi), Perrysburg (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Webster Township walkable?
Webster Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Webster Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Webster Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Webster 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.