Photo: Jessica Pluhar · Public domainMost of Adams Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Adams Township report 99 jobs, against 584 working residents. The two grades for Adams Township are C for jobs and income and D− for walkability. For 23% of workers, the job is at home; Indiana has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Adams Township, in brief
40% of Adams Township works in Indianapolis
231 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Indianapolis, 29 miles away. That’s 40 times as many as work in Adams Township itself. The commute map ↓
Adams Township is a place people come home to
There are 99 jobs based in Adams Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Adams Township has about 760 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Adams Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 584 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Adams Township
On income, poverty and job access, Adams Township is better than 32% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Adams Township’s grade up (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (25.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: Adams Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Adams Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
40% of working residents work in Indianapolis
Where Adams Township clocks in
40% of workers
7% 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.
In and out of Adams Township on a workday
On a workday 579 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Adams Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
About 35 minutes to work from Adams Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Adams Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 397 commuters (the 23% 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.
What Adams Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Adams Township, 2014 → 2024: 45 → 99. 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 Adams Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Adams Township
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.
In Adams Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Adams Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Adams Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 516 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). 0.0% of Adams Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Adams Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Adams Township is 2,653rd of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 85 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 93 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
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| 123 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,651 | Colchester IL | 1,070 | $64K | 7.8% | 3.8% | 9% | C |
| 2,652 | Canaan CT | 1,091 | $90K | 16.0% | 2.1% | 16% | C |
| 2,653 | Adams Township IN | 1,245 | $71K | 25.7% | 3.4% | 1% | C |
| 2,654 | Mexico Beach FL | 1,275 | $64K | 5.6% | 8.5% | 15% | C |
| 2,655 | Beaver Township IN | 1,537 | $71K | 8.5% | 4.1% | 8% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Adams Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Adams Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Adams Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Township | – | C | D− | 35 min | $71,458 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B | D− | 30 min | $58,594 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | A− | D | 29 min | $104,500 |
| Ashland Township | under 2% | A− | D | 38 min | $88,750 |
| Gregg Township | under 2% | C | D | 35 min | $67,528 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | A | C− | 37 min | $101,573 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Adams 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 Adams Township: questions
What is the median household income in Adams Township?
$71,458 (±$16,057) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Adams Township?
25.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Adams Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Adams Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (40%, 29 mi), Plainfield (7%, 16 mi), Mooresville (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Adams Township walkable?
Adams Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Adams Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Adams Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Adams 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.