With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Bethlehem Township works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Bethlehem Township; the top destination outside it is Logansport (33%, 8 miles). There are 16 jobs in Bethlehem Township, against 278 working residents. For 19% of workers, the job is at home; Indiana has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Bethlehem Township stands out on work
Bethlehem Township is a place people come home to
There are 16 jobs based in Bethlehem Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bethlehem Township has about 460 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bethlehem Township and Logansport trade workers both ways
Logansport is the top workplace for Bethlehem Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Bethlehem Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Bethlehem Township
19% of Bethlehem Township workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. 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 278 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Bethlehem Township
On a workday 276 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Bethlehem Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Commuting out of Bethlehem Township: the destinations
Where Bethlehem Township clocks in
33% 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.
About 22 minutes to work from Bethlehem Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bethlehem Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 212 commuters (the 19% 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.
Goods, not services: 44% of the jobs in Bethlehem Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bethlehem Township, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 16. 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 Bethlehem Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Bethlehem Township commutes
About 20% 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.
Next door to Bethlehem Township
The biggest share goes to Liberty Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bethlehem Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethlehem Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $79,792 |
| Adams Township | under 2% | — | — | 44 min | — |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Clay Township | under 2% | C− | D | 24 min | $64,309 |
| Liberty Township | 3% | D− | D− | 25 min | $53,750 |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Adams Township: not graded. Harrison Township and Wayne Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bethlehem 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 Bethlehem Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bethlehem Township?
$79,792 (±$68,682) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bethlehem Township?
4.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bethlehem Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bethlehem Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logansport (33%, 8 mi), Clinton Township (8%, 12 mi), Kokomo (6%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bethlehem Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bethlehem Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bethlehem 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.