Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Bearcreek Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Bearcreek Township are B for jobs and income and D− for walkability. There are 72 jobs in Bearcreek Township for 537 working residents. Only 1% stay in Bearcreek Township for work; outside it, Portland is the main destination (19%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bearcreek Township, in a few figures
Bearcreek Township is a place people come home to
There are 72 jobs based in Bearcreek Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bearcreek Township has about 1,100 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bearcreek Township and Portland trade workers both ways
Portland is the top workplace for Bearcreek Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Bearcreek Township come from (19% of its jobs). 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 537 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Bearcreek Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Bearcreek Township is better than 61% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Bearcreek Township’s grade up (1.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.8%) is left out: Bearcreek Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bearcreek Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
A workday in Bearcreek Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 530 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Bearcreek Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Bearcreek Township’s working residents head each day
Where Bearcreek Township clocks in
19% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Bearcreek Township: what the 72 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bearcreek Township, 2014 → 2024: 89 → 72. 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 Bearcreek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Bearcreek Township spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bearcreek Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 543 commuters (the 16% 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.
Where in the region Bearcreek Township works
About 29% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Bearcreek Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bearcreek Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Bearcreek 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 648 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). 31.0% of Bearcreek Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bearcreek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200, Bearcreek Township ranks 1,625th 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | 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+ |
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| 131 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,623 | Thorntown IN | 1,426 | $74K | 8.5% | 1.4% | 1% | B |
| 1,624 | Shamokin Dam PA | 1,623 | $69K | 5.6% | 1.5% | 2% | B |
| 1,625 | Bearcreek Township IN | 1,598 | $77K | 1.7% | 0.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,626 | Charleston NY | 1,356 | $91K | 4.1% | 7.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,627 | Washington Township OH | 1,266 | $96K | 6.1% | 5.7% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Bearcreek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Around Bearcreek Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bearcreek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bearcreek Township | – | B | D− | 22 min | $76,750 |
| Wabash Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 27 min | $61,250 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Wabash Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | C | B+ | 19 min | $59,403 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township and Wabash Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bearcreek 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 Bearcreek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bearcreek Township?
$76,750 (±$52,355) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bearcreek Township?
1.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bearcreek Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bearcreek Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (19%, 6 mi), Berne (8%, 10 mi), Indianapolis (6%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Bearcreek Township walkable?
Bearcreek Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bearcreek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 31% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bearcreek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bearcreek 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.