Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWillshire Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Willshire Township is behind 80% of U.S. towns. Employers in Willshire Township report 79 jobs, and 825 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Willshire Township C; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Willshire Township in brief
Willshire Township is a place people come home to
There are 79 jobs based in Willshire Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Willshire Township has about 890 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Willshire Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (23 to 26 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 825 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Willshire Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Willshire Township is better than 27% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Willshire Township’s grade up (8.6%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($56,071, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Willshire 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, Willshire Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
How many people are in Willshire Township by day
On a workday 807 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Willshire Township on a workday afternoon, 46% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Willshire Township’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Willshire Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 512 commuters (the 9% 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.
24% of working residents work in Van Wert
Where Willshire Township clocks in
24% of workers
9% 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.
What Willshire Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Willshire Township, 2014 → 2024: 73 → 79. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Willshire Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Willshire Township
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Willshire Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Willshire Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 563 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). 7.3% of Willshire Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Willshire Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200, Willshire Township ranks 3,849th of 6,161 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
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| 26 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
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| 50 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,847 | Ecru MS | 1,113 | $65K | 16.1% | 14.8% | 10% | C |
| 3,848 | Sutherland NE | 1,225 | $73K | 9.8% | 5.6% | 11% | C |
| 3,849 | Willshire Township OH | 1,637 | $56K | 8.6% | 2.6% | 2% | C |
| 3,850 | Baldwin FL | 1,394 | $48K | 16.3% | 8.9% | 1% | C |
| 3,851 | Belmont MS | 1,820 | $47K | 16.6% | 1.7% | 19% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Willshire Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Willshire Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Willshire Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willshire Township | – | C | C− | 30 min | $56,071 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 25 min | $88,825 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 23 min | $68,007 |
| Black Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Black Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Willshire 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 2024, 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 Willshire Township: questions
What is the median household income in Willshire Township?
$56,071 (±$11,770) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Willshire Township?
8.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Willshire Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Willshire Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Van Wert (24%, 10 mi), Decatur (9%, 11 mi), Fort Wayne (7%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Willshire Township walkable?
Willshire Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Willshire Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Willshire Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Willshire Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.