Vermilyea Inn Historic District · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFort Wayne draws more than half of Aboite Township’s working residents
Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns. Aboite Township grades A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in seven stay in Aboite Township for work; outside it, Fort Wayne is the main destination (58%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Aboite Township apart on work
Where Aboite Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Aboite Township is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #63 of 593 in Indiana. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Aboite Township’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Aboite Township could be anywhere from A− to A.
Where people from Aboite Township work
Where Aboite Township clocks in
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.
Who works in Aboite Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 16,765 residents head out to work, 2,905 work right here, and 13,606 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 (0.84 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.
Jobs in Aboite Township: what the 16,511 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aboite Township, 2013 → 2023: 15,300 → 16,511. 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 Aboite Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Aboite Township spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aboite Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18,823 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
How far Aboite Township goes to work
About 15% 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.
Aboite Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Aboite Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #281 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 21,354 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 24% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 2% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 45% 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). 2.0% of Aboite Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Aboite Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Aboite Township ranks: 205th of 985 U.S. towns of 31,000 to 59,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 23 | Zionsville IN | 33,624 | $172K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 9% | A+ |
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| 39 | Perry Township IN | 39,325 | $112K | 3.4% | 1.3% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 143 | Brownsburg IN | 34,089 | $102K | 7.5% | 1.6% | 11% | A |
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| 203 | Lancaster NY | 45,075 | $89K | 5.2% | 2.4% | 15% | A |
| 204 | Beavercreek Township OH | 57,924 | $117K | 6.1% | 3.3% | 20% | A |
| 205 | Aboite Township IN | 43,968 | $108K | 5.4% | 3.0% | 15% | A |
| 206 | The Colony TX | 46,196 | $115K | 6.7% | 4.1% | 4% | A |
| 207 | Franklin WI | 36,687 | $107K | 6.7% | 3.4% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 985 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Aboite Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door to Aboite Township
The biggest share goes to Lafayette Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Aboite Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aboite Township | – | A | B− | 23 min | $108,350 |
| Wayne Township | under 1% | C− | A | 21 min | $49,084 |
| Lafayette Township | 4% | A+ | D− | 19 min | $119,038 |
| Lake Township | under 1% | A | C+ | 20 min | $86,818 |
| Jefferson Township | under 1% | A | D | 21 min | $105,481 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Aboite 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 Aboite Township: questions
What is the median household income in Aboite Township?
$108,350 (±$4,640) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aboite Township?
5.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aboite Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aboite Township work?
15% work in town.
Is Aboite Township walkable?
Aboite Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Aboite Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 2% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Aboite Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aboite 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.