Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAnderson Township draws 1,908 commuters a day, with 3.1 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Anderson Township is better than 86% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). Employers in Anderson Township report 1,924 jobs, and 614 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Anderson Township itself; outside it, Evansville draws the most (43%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Anderson Township: the figures worth knowing
Anderson Township fills up on a workday
Anderson Township has 1,924 jobs, 3.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,600 people are in town, more than double the 1,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
Anderson Township makes and builds things
85% of the jobs based in Anderson Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Anderson Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
43% of Anderson Township works in Evansville
267 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Evansville, 13 miles away. That’s 14 times as many as work in Anderson Township itself. The commute map ↓
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 614 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Anderson Township’s grade explained
The poverty rate is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
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 B+ to A.
The daily commute in and out of Anderson Township
On a workday 598 residents head out to work and 16 work right here.
About 2,600 people are in Anderson Township on a workday afternoon, 102% more 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.
Goods jobs make up 85% of work in Anderson Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Anderson Township, 2014 → 2024: 2,240 → 1,924. 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 Anderson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Anderson Township’s workers come from
Where Anderson Township clocks in
43% of workers
12% of workers
9% 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.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Anderson Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 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 488 commuters (the 1% 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.
How far Anderson Township’s workers travel
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.
Getting around Anderson Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Anderson Township is near the bottom 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 495 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.
Anderson Township is 311th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 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 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 309 | Lostcreek Township OH | 1,669 | $97K | 1.2% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| 310 | Red River WI | 1,387 | $97K | 1.6% | 1.9% | 2% | A |
| 311 | Anderson Township IN | 1,285 | $98K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| 312 | Theresa WI | 1,073 | $117K | 5.6% | 3.7% | 1% | A |
| 313 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Anderson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work next door: 11% of Anderson Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Ohio Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Anderson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Township | – | A | D− | 23 min | $97,569 |
| Ohio Township | 9% | A− | C+ | 23 min | $92,550 |
| Luce Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 23 min | $62,241 |
| Boon Township | 2% | B | C+ | 24 min | $78,464 |
| Newburgh | under 2% | A− | B− | 20 min | $75,135 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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 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 Anderson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Anderson Township?
$97,569 (±$25,142) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Anderson Township?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Anderson Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Anderson Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (43%, 13 mi), Boonville (12%, 8 mi), Ohio Township (9%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Anderson Township walkable?
Anderson Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 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), 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.