Frederick and Augusta Hagemann Farm · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAt 2.9%, unemployment in Black Township is lower than in 71% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 3% of workers, against 11% across Indiana. The two grades for Black Township are B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. About two in five work in Black Township itself; outside it, Evansville draws the most (27%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Black Township: the gist
Black Township makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Black Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Black Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Black 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. Time on the road ↓
Few Black Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
How Black Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Black Township is better than 45% of U.S. towns, #366 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Black Township’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (15.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Black Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Factories, building and farms: 41% of the jobs in Black Township
5,223 jobs are based in Black Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Black Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,119 → 5,223. 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 Black Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Black Township: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Black Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,763 commuters (the 3% 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.
Who commutes out of Black Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,424 residents head out to work, 1,549 work right here, and 3,674 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Black Township on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 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.
Where the trip to work from Black Township ends
Where Black Township clocks in
27% of workers
19% of workers
4% 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.
The commute from Black Township, by distance
About 17% 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.
Few in Black Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Black Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #154 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Black 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 3,897 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). 4.6% of Black Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Black Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Black Township places 1,824th of 2,878 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 6,200 to 11,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
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| 74 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 160 | Miller Township IN | 10,161 | $113K | 3.0% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 181 | Lakes of the Four Seasons IN | 7,402 | $122K | 3.1% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,822 | Urbana Township IL | 7,450 | $63K | 16.7% | 3.3% | 2% | B− |
| 1,823 | Tuscumbia AL | 9,332 | $59K | 18.6% | 1.7% | 9% | B− |
| 1,824 | Black Township IN | 8,813 | $71K | 15.1% | 2.9% | 39% | B− |
| 1,825 | Brookhaven WV | 6,212 | $88K | 10.5% | 7.0% | 2% | B− |
| 1,826 | Burlington WA | 11,356 | $80K | 14.5% | 4.3% | 13% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | 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 Black Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Black Township and its neighbors: 22% work next door
The biggest share goes to Mount Vernon (19%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Black Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Township | – | B− | B | 19 min | $71,183 |
| Marrs Township | 1% | A | D− | 23 min | $103,750 |
| Lynn Township | 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Mount Vernon | 19% | C+ | B+ | 17 min | $62,263 |
| Point Township | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lynn Township and Point Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Black 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 Black Township: questions
What is the median household income in Black Township?
$71,183 (±$10,616) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Black Township?
15.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Black Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Black Township work?
39% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (27%, 21 mi), Mount Vernon (19%, 2 mi), Indianapolis (4%, 158 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Black Township walkable?
Black Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Black Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Black Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Black 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.