Photo: User:OHWiki · Public domainWeller Township has some of the lowest unemployment in the country, with hardly anyone out of work
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. For jobs and income Weller Township is better than 92% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (C). Only 1% work in Weller Township itself; outside it, Mansfield draws the most (19%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Weller Township
Weller Township is a place people come home to
There are 73 jobs based in Weller Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Weller Township has about 1,300 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Weller Township and Mansfield trade workers both ways
Mansfield is the top workplace for Weller Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Weller Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 639 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Weller Township
Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Weller Township could be anywhere from A− to A.
In and out of Weller Township on a workday
On a workday 632 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Weller Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.11 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Weller Township ends
Where Weller Township clocks in
19% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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 many miles Weller Township commutes
About 30% 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.
Weller Township works in goods: 44% of its jobs
73 jobs are based in Weller Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weller Township, 2013 → 2023: 182 → 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 Weller Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weller Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,029 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.
Most of Weller Township commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 1.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,029 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). 10.4% of Weller Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Weller Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Weller Township places 283rd of 5,656 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 281 | Briarcliff TX | 2,361 | $141K | 3.6% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| 282 | Kensington NH | 2,092 | $165K | 1.9% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| 283 | Weller Township OH | 1,874 | $97K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 284 | Hartley CA | 2,431 | $124K | 7.2% | 0.6% | <1% | A |
| 285 | Pimlico SC | 1,765 | $137K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Weller Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
21% of Weller Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Weller Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weller Township | – | A | C | 30 min | $97,406 |
| Milton Township | 2% | B− | C | 21 min | $73,295 |
| Mansfield | 19% | D | B | 21 min | $44,540 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 16 min | $47,879 |
| Mifflin Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 22 min | $73,750 |
| Butler Township | under 2% | D | B− | 23 min | $59,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Mansfield. Darker towns draw more of Weller 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 Weller Township: questions
What is the median household income in Weller Township?
$97,406 (±$10,269) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weller Township?
2.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weller Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weller Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mansfield (19%, 8 mi), Ashland (11%, 7 mi), Columbus (7%, 67 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Weller Township walkable?
Weller Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 1.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Weller Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Weller Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weller 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.