More than half of Adams Township’s working residents commute to Fort Wayne
About one in ten work in Adams Township; the top destination outside it is Fort Wayne (51%, 6 miles). The two grades for Adams Township are C for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 74% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Adams Township and work: the main findings
Most Adams Township residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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.
What’s behind Adams Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Adams Township is better than 32% of U.S. towns, #458 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Adams Township’s grade up (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Adams Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Where Adams Township’s working residents head each day
Where Adams Township clocks in
10% of workers
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.
How far Adams Township goes to work
About 17% 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.
How many people are in Adams Township by day
On a workday 13,128 residents head out to work, 1,741 work right here, and 9,800 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 (0.78 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.
Goods jobs make up 29% of work in Adams Township
11,541 jobs are based in Adams Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Adams Township, 2013 → 2023: 10,164 → 11,541. 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 Adams Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Adams Township’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 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 14,657 commuters (the 6% 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.
Most of Adams Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Adams Township is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #103 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.8% 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 15,643 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 59% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 19% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 52% 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). 9.5% of Adams Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Adams Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Adams Township ranks: 1,029th of 1,219 U.S. towns of 25,000 to 48,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | 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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| 33 | Zionsville IN | 33,624 | $172K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Perry Township IN | 39,325 | $112K | 3.4% | 1.3% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 190 | Brownsburg IN | 34,089 | $102K | 7.5% | 1.6% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,027 | Auburn ME | 25,441 | $67K | 13.8% | 7.0% | 27% | C |
| 1,028 | Riviera Beach FL | 39,357 | $68K | 18.4% | 8.6% | 9% | C |
| 1,029 | Adams Township IN | 35,669 | $60K | 16.4% | 6.0% | 12% | C |
| 1,030 | Stevens Point WI | 26,377 | $58K | 16.6% | 4.4% | 41% | C |
| 1,031 | Grandview MO | 26,653 | $53K | 17.9% | 6.2% | 8% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,219 | 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 Adams Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Adams Township and its neighbors: 11% work next door
The biggest share goes to New Haven (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Adams Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Township | – | C | B+ | 25 min | $60,041 |
| St. Joseph Township | under 1% | B | B | 22 min | $72,566 |
| Wayne Township | under 1% | C− | A | 21 min | $49,084 |
| Jefferson Township | under 1% | B | D | 22 min | $75,167 |
| Marion Township | under 1% | C+ | D− | 25 min | $68,000 |
| New Haven | 10% | B− | C+ | 23 min | $70,970 |
| Milan Township | 1% | A+ | D− | 28 min | $120,476 |
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 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 Adams Township: questions
What is the median household income in Adams Township?
$60,041 (±$4,096) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Adams Township?
16.4%, 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. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Adams Township work?
12% work in town.
Is Adams Township walkable?
Adams Township is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Adams Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 19% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 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.