Photo: Steveweb · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Ohio Township top those of 95% of U.S. towns
3.6% of residents live below the poverty line, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. The two grades for Ohio Township are A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 29% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Ohio Township: the figures worth knowing
Ohio Township trades workers with the towns around it
Ohio Township has about as many jobs (3,297) as working residents (3,157), but they are mostly different people: 3,036 residents leave for work each day while 3,176 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in Ohio Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Ohio Township
29% of Ohio Township workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
36% of Ohio Township works in Pittsburgh
1,152 working residents, 36%, have their main job in Pittsburgh, 9.4 miles away. That’s 9 times as many as work in Ohio Township itself. The commute map ↓
Most Ohio Township residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Three in four Ohio Township workers earn over $40,000 a year
76% of Ohio Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. 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.
Where Ohio Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ohio Township is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #118 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income holds Ohio Township’s grade up ($153,333, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ohio Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Ohio Township
On a workday 3,036 residents head out to work, 121 work right here, and 3,176 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 (1.04 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.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Ohio Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ohio Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,545 commuters (the 29% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
36% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
Where Ohio Township clocks in
36% 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.
How far Ohio Township goes to work
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.
What Ohio Township’s employers do
3,297 jobs are based in Ohio Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ohio Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,572 → 3,297. 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 Ohio Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Ohio Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ohio Township is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns, #695 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,595 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). 0.0% of Ohio Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ohio Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,122 U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,800, Ohio Township comes 330th on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 22 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 56 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 66 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
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| 328 | North Caldwell NJ | 6,815 | $208K | 1.7% | 6.0% | 3% | A |
| 329 | Westmoreland NY | 5,834 | $105K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 6% | A |
| 330 | Ohio Township PA | 7,268 | $153K | 3.6% | 4.3% | 4% | A |
| 331 | East Kapolei HI | 7,551 | $119K | 5.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| 332 | Harrison TN | 8,011 | $89K | 3.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,122 | 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 Ohio Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Ohio Township
The biggest share goes to Ross Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ohio Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Township | – | A | C+ | 22 min | $153,333 |
| Sewickley Hills | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Franklin Park | under 2% | A | C | 25 min | $176,875 |
| Kilbuck Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Ross Township | 2% | A− | A− | 24 min | $92,642 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sewickley Hills and Kilbuck Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ohio 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 Ohio Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ohio Township?
$153,333 (±$21,047) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ohio Township?
3.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ohio Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ohio Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (36%, 9 mi), Moon Township (3%, 6 mi), McCandless Township (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ohio Township walkable?
Ohio Township is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ohio Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ohio Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ohio 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.