Anderson Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
The two grades for Anderson Township are B− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Employers in Anderson Township report 84 jobs, and 630 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Anderson Township for work; outside it, Tell City is the main destination (19%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Anderson Township: the figures worth knowing
Anderson Township is a place people come home to
There are 84 jobs based in Anderson Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Anderson Township has about 1,100 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Anderson Township and Tell City trade workers both ways
Tell City is the top workplace for Anderson Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Anderson Township come from (33% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Anderson Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker, and quicker than any town next door (22 to 34 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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; with 630 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Anderson Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Anderson Township is better than 51% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Anderson Township’s grade up (6.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Anderson 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, Anderson Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Anderson Township
On a workday 626 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Anderson Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Anderson Township goes to work
Where Anderson Township clocks in
19% 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.
About 19 minutes each way for Anderson Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Anderson Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 781 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.
Factories, building and farms: 65% of the jobs in Anderson Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Anderson Township, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 84. 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 Anderson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Anderson Township to work
About 18% 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.
Most of Anderson Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Anderson Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Anderson 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 833 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 Anderson Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Anderson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200, Anderson Township ranks 2,218th of 6,161 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,216 | Irvington Township IL | 1,150 | $72K | 5.5% | 6.8% | 3% | B− |
| 2,217 | Marion Township IN | 1,425 | $80K | 7.4% | 15.7% | 2% | B− |
| 2,218 | Anderson Township IN | 1,599 | $90K | 6.5% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| 2,219 | Woodland Township MI | 2,048 | $74K | 5.4% | 5.2% | 2% | B− |
| 2,220 | Jefferson Township PA | 1,112 | $73K | 5.8% | 13.7% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Anderson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
How Anderson Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Tobin Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Anderson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Township | – | B− | D− | 19 min | $90,208 |
| Huff Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 25 min | $127,692 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 26 min | $67,821 |
| Clark Township | under 2% | C− | C | 25 min | $63,684 |
| Leopold Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Troy Township | 3% | C− | C+ | 22 min | $55,526 |
| Tobin Township | 4% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Leopold Township, Union Township and Tobin Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Anderson 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 Anderson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Anderson Township?
$90,208 (±$22,203) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Anderson Township?
6.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Anderson Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Anderson Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tell City (19%, 8 mi), Ferdinand (7%, 15 mi), Oil Township (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Anderson Township walkable?
Anderson Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Anderson 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 Anderson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Anderson 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.