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Jobs & commute in Adams Township

Adams Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

72 jobs are based in Adams Township, against 231 working residents. Only 4% work in Adams Township itself; outside it, Lafayette draws the most (25%, 19 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out

What sets Adams Township apart on work

★ What stands out · Time on the road

How long Adams Township spends getting to work: about 25 minutes

A year of commuting
195 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Adams Township25 min
Indiana24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Adams Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Adams Township gets to work
90%Drive alone
7%Carpool
3%Walk

Share of the 183 commuters (the 0% 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.

Day and night

Who commutes out of Adams Township, and who commutes in

On a workday 222 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.

222live here, work elsewhere
9live and work here
63work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night520
Workday360
520live here− 220head out to work+ 63come in to work= 360on a workday

About 360 people are in Adams Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.31jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Out of Adams Township to work: where people go

Pine VillageOxfordWilliamsport: 9 residents work here (4%)Covington: 6 residents work here (3%)Attica: 9 residents work here (4%)West Lafayette: 27 residents work here (12%)Terre HauteLafayette: 58 residents work here (25%)Shadeland: 7 residents work here (3%)Center Township: 5 residents work here (2%)Oak Grove TownshipWarren TownshipAdams TownshipLiberty TownshipMedina TownshipPine Township: 5 residents work here (2%)Tippecanoe TownshipIndianapolis: 17 residents work here (7%)LafayetteWest LafayetteIndianapolisWilliamsportAtticaShadelandAdams Township
1
Lafayette19 mi away
25%58
2
West Lafayette15.6 mi away
12%27
3
Indianapolis72.6 mi away
7%17
4
Williamsport10.6 mi away
4%9
5
Attica10.1 mi away
4%9
6
Adams Township (in town)right here
4%9
7
Shadeland14.8 mi away
3%7
8
Covington22.1 mi away
3%6
9
Center Township12.3 mi away
2%5
10
Pine Township5.7 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%79
The top trips

Where Adams Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

The kinds of work in Adams Township

Jobs based in Adams TownshipJobs Adams Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms10%38%
Trade, transport & utilities28%15%
Services: health, schools, offices63%47%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less25%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%20%
Over $3,333 a month36%67%

Who does it

29 or younger24%18%
30 to 5449%57%
55 and older28%25%
−45%

Jobs based in Adams Township, 2014 → 2024: 132 → 72. 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.

How far

Half of Adams Township commutes less than 21 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLafayette: 25% · 19 miWest Lafayette: 12% · 15.6 miIndianapolis: 7% · 72.6 miWilliamsport: 4% · 10.6 miAttica: 4% · 10.1 miShadeland: 3% · 14.8 miCovington: 3% · 22.1 miCenter Township: 2% · 12.3 miPine Township: 2% · 5.7 miLafayette 25%West Lafayette 12%Indianapolis 7%Williamsport 4%Attica 4%Adams Township
Adams TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
13%Under 10 mi29 residents
58%10–24 mi134 residents
7%25–50 mi15 residents
23%Over 50 mi52 residents

About 23% 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.

Next door

The towns around Adams Township

The biggest share goes to Pine Township (2%).

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Pine Township23 min
Oak Grove Township24 min
Adams Township25 min
Warren Township28 min
Medina Township29 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownAdams Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Adams Township–——25 min$62,500
Pine Township2%——23 min—
Medina Townshipunder 3%——29 min—
Warren Townshipunder 3%——28 min—
Oak Grove Townshipunder 3%C−D24 min$55,417

Same-state neighbors only. Pine Township and Warren Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Medina Township: not graded. 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Adams Township: questions

What is the median household income in Adams Township?

$62,500 (±$39,682) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Adams Township?

5.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Adams Township?

25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Adams Township work?

4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (25%, 19 mi), West Lafayette (12%, 16 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 73 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Adams Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 3% 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.

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Beyond the commute

More of Adams Township

Adams Township home →

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.