Addison Township has lower unemployment (2.5%) than 77% of U.S. towns
The average commute takes 21 minutes each way, next to 24 for Indiana and 26 for the U.S. Jobs and income earn Addison Township B−; getting around on foot earns it B+. Measured by household income, Addison Township is behind 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Addison Township
Addison Township and Shelbyville trade workers both ways
Shelbyville is the top workplace for Addison Township residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Addison Township come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Addison Township trades workers with the towns around it
Addison Township has about as many jobs (9,817) as working residents (10,374), but they are mostly different people: 7,301 residents leave for work each day while 6,744 people come in. Only 31% of the jobs in Addison Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Addison Township makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Addison Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Addison Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. 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.
How Addison Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Addison Township is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #363 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Addison Township’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (20.1%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Addison Township could be anywhere from C to B.
35% of working residents work in Shelbyville
Where Addison Township clocks in
35% of workers
20% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Addison Township
On a workday 7,301 residents head out to work, 3,073 work right here, and 6,744 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 (0.95 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.
In Addison Township, 37% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
9,817 jobs are based in Addison Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Addison Township, 2013 → 2023: 10,828 → 9,817. 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 Addison Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way for Addison Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Addison Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,511 commuters (the 7% 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.
The commute from Addison Township, by distance
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.
In Addison Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Addison Township is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #90 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Addison 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 10,217 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). 8.0% of Addison Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Addison Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Addison Township next to U.S. towns of 16,000 to 30,000: 1,165th of 1,658 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 31 | St. John IN | 24,841 | $131K | 2.1% | 2.3% | 8% | A+ |
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| 115 | Vernon Township IN | 20,047 | $108K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 220 | Sugar Creek Township IN | 18,299 | $101K | 5.6% | 2.0% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,163 | Owego NY | 18,745 | $86K | 13.6% | 4.4% | 21% | B− |
| 1,164 | Marshfield WI | 18,980 | $58K | 11.6% | 2.8% | 51% | B− |
| 1,165 | Addison Township IN | 22,506 | $58K | 20.1% | 2.5% | 30% | B− |
| 1,166 | Kihei HI | 21,567 | $88K | 7.4% | 6.2% | 16% | B− |
| 1,167 | Four Corners OR | 16,275 | $70K | 13.9% | 4.7% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,658 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Addison Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Addison Township and its neighbors: 35% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Addison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addison Township | – | B− | B+ | 21 min | $58,009 |
| Shelby Township | under 2% | A− | D | 24 min | $96,705 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | A− | D | 21 min | $92,689 |
| Shelbyville | 35% | B− | A− | 21 min | $55,602 |
| Brandywine Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 28 min | $66,750 |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 27 min | $81,250 |
| Hendricks Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 31 min | $95,387 |
Same-state neighbors only. Union Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Shelbyville. Darker towns draw more of Addison 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 Addison Township: questions
What is the median household income in Addison Township?
$58,009 (±$5,720) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Addison Township?
20.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Addison Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Addison Township work?
30% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shelbyville (35%, 2 mi), Indianapolis (20%, 26 mi), Greensburg (3%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Addison Township walkable?
Addison Township is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Addison Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Addison Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Addison 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.