Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnemployment in Whitewater Township (2.7%) is lower than in 75% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 71% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Whitewater Township is better than 55% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 3% stay in Whitewater Township for work; outside it, Cincinnati is the main destination (21%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Whitewater Township and work: the main findings
Whitewater Township trades workers with the towns around it
Whitewater Township has about as many jobs (2,938) as working residents (2,777), but they are mostly different people: 2,695 residents leave for work each day while 2,856 people come in. Only 3% of the jobs in Whitewater Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Whitewater Township makes and builds things
52% of the jobs based in Whitewater Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Whitewater Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
Whitewater Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Whitewater Township went from 2,115 in 2013 to 2,938 in 2023, +39%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Whitewater Township
Job access by car holds Whitewater Township’s grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($61,538, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Whitewater Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Whitewater Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,695 residents head out to work, 82 work right here, and 2,856 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Whitewater Township makes things: 52% of its jobs are in goods
2,938 jobs are based in Whitewater Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whitewater Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,115 → 2,938. 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 Whitewater Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Whitewater Township’s working residents head each day
Where Whitewater Township clocks in
21% of workers
8% of workers
3% 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.
About 27 minutes to work from Whitewater Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Whitewater Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,733 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Whitewater Township
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.
Few in Whitewater Township walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,931 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). 3.0% of Whitewater Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Whitewater Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,695th of 3,306: where Whitewater Township ranks among U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
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| 25 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 36 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 48 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
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| 1,693 | Tonganoxie KS | 6,208 | $80K | 13.2% | 4.5% | 12% | B− |
| 1,694 | Richwoods Township IL | 5,771 | $60K | 8.2% | 4.4% | 7% | B− |
| 1,695 | Whitewater Township OH | 6,453 | $62K | 14.0% | 2.7% | 3% | B− |
| 1,696 | Aroma Township IL | 4,827 | $75K | 15.8% | 2.1% | 3% | B− |
| 1,697 | Mayfield Township MI | 8,070 | $69K | 7.7% | 3.4% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,306 | 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 Whitewater Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Whitewater Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Whitewater Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitewater Township | – | B− | C− | 27 min | $61,538 |
| Miami Township | under 2% | B | C− | 28 min | $99,375 |
| Shawnee | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Grandview | under 2% | A− | D− | 26 min | $104,750 |
| Taylor Creek | under 2% | A | D | 23 min | $99,323 |
| Colerain Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $73,103 |
| Crosby Township | under 2% | A | D | 28 min | $123,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Shawnee: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Whitewater 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 Whitewater Township: questions
What is the median household income in Whitewater Township?
$61,538 (±$12,458) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whitewater Township?
14.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Whitewater Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Whitewater Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (21%, 15 mi), Harrison (8%, 4 mi), Blue Ash (3%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Whitewater Township walkable?
Whitewater Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Whitewater 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 Whitewater Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whitewater 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.