Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWhiteoak Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 2% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Employers in Whiteoak Township report 145 jobs, against 537 working residents. Whiteoak Township grades C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Whiteoak Township: the figures worth knowing
Whiteoak Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Whiteoak Township is a place people come home to
There are 145 jobs based in Whiteoak Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Whiteoak Township has about 940 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Whiteoak Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 537 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Whiteoak Township
On income, poverty and job access, Whiteoak Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Whiteoak Township’s grade up ($77,500, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.3%) is left out: Whiteoak 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, Whiteoak Township could be anywhere from D− to B+.
Each way, about 37 minutes from Whiteoak Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Whiteoak Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 727 commuters (the 2% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Whiteoak Township
On a workday 528 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Whiteoak Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
8% of working residents work in Hillsboro
Where Whiteoak Township clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Whiteoak Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whiteoak Township, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 145. 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 Whiteoak Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Whiteoak Township goes to work
About 23% 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 Whiteoak Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Whiteoak Township is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 742 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). 2.0% of Whiteoak Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Whiteoak Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Whiteoak Township next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800: 3,229th 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+ |
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| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,227 | Buena Vista WI | 1,794 | $73K | 10.8% | 3.0% | 2% | C |
| 3,228 | White Post Township IN | 1,052 | $63K | 8.4% | 3.0% | 3% | C |
| 3,229 | Whiteoak Township OH | 1,331 | $78K | 13.2% | 1.3% | 2% | C |
| 3,230 | Eagle Township OH | 1,353 | $90K | 19.3% | 6.5% | 3% | C |
| 3,231 | Beaver Township PA | 1,782 | $64K | 8.5% | 3.7% | 8% | 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 Whiteoak Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Whiteoak Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Whiteoak Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteoak Township | – | C | C+ | 37 min | $77,500 |
| Concord Township | under 2% | D− | C− | 27 min | $45,066 |
| Hamer Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| New Market Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 25 min | $70,217 |
| Clay Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 37 min | $71,310 |
| Eagle Township | under 2% | C | C | 29 min | $90,365 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hamer Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Whiteoak 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 Whiteoak Township: questions
What is the median household income in Whiteoak Township?
$77,500 (±$25,519) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whiteoak Township?
13.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Whiteoak Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Whiteoak Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hillsboro (8%, 12 mi), Wilmington (4%, 25 mi), Blue Ash (4%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Whiteoak Township walkable?
Whiteoak Township is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Whiteoak 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 Whiteoak Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whiteoak 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.