Baugo Township Gymnasium · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Baugo Township (3.5%) than in 61% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 24 minutes each way, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26. Baugo Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. About one in ten stay in Baugo Township for work; outside it, Elkhart is the main destination (33%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Baugo Township
Baugo Township trades workers with the towns around it
Baugo Township has about as many jobs (5,226) as working residents (4,429), but they are mostly different people: 4,071 residents leave for work each day while 4,868 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Baugo Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Baugo Township makes and builds things
52% of the jobs based in Baugo Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Baugo Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 39%. The jobs ↓
Baugo Township and Elkhart trade workers both ways
Elkhart is the top workplace for Baugo Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Baugo Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Baugo Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Baugo Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #178 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 74% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.9%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Baugo Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Who works in Baugo Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 4,071 residents head out to work, 358 work right here, and 4,868 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 (1.18 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 Baugo Township, 52% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
5,226 jobs are based in Baugo Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baugo Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,916 → 5,226. 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 Baugo Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Baugo Township to work: where people go
Where Baugo Township clocks in
33% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
Commuting from Baugo Township: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baugo Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,066 commuters (the 5% 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.
Half of Baugo Township commutes less than 8 miles
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 Baugo Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Baugo Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #470 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Baugo 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 4,295 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). 1.5% of Baugo Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Baugo Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Baugo Township is 1,153rd among 2,816 U.S. towns of 6,700 to 13,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 150 | Miller Township IN | 10,161 | $113K | 3.0% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 171 | Lakes of the Four Seasons IN | 7,402 | $122K | 3.1% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 193 | Huntertown IN | 11,600 | $109K | 3.2% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,151 | Sturtevant WI | 6,852 | $93K | 7.4% | 5.8% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,152 | Louisville OH | 9,874 | $64K | 7.8% | 2.4% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,153 | Baugo Township IN | 9,595 | $81K | 8.9% | 3.5% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,154 | Wilton Manors FL | 11,655 | $85K | 11.4% | 4.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,155 | Waterboro ME | 8,219 | $89K | 6.0% | 2.8% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,816 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Baugo Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
37% of Baugo Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Baugo Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baugo Township | – | B+ | C− | 24 min | $80,960 |
| Cleveland Township | 2% | B+ | C | 25 min | $84,375 |
| Penn Township | 2% | C+ | B | 21 min | $65,544 |
| Concord Township | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 19 min | $55,206 |
| Elkhart | 33% | C+ | A− | 19 min | $51,028 |
| Olive Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 28 min | $81,510 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Elkhart. Darker towns draw more of Baugo 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 Baugo Township: questions
What is the median household income in Baugo Township?
$80,960 (±$6,238) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baugo Township?
8.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baugo Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baugo Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elkhart (33%, 5 mi), Goshen (9%, 11 mi), Mishawaka (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Baugo Township walkable?
Baugo Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Baugo Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Baugo Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baugo 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.