Blue River Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Blue River Township has 145 jobs for 891 working residents. The two grades for Blue River Township are C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 2% work in Blue River Township itself; outside it, New Albany draws the most (11%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Blue River Township apart on work
Blue River Township is a place people come home to
There are 145 jobs based in Blue River Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Blue River Township has about 1,300 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Blue River Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 891 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Blue River Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Blue River Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Blue River Township’s grade up (4.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (10.2%) is left out: Blue River 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, Blue River Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
How a workday changes Blue River Township
On a workday 876 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Blue River Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Blue River Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blue River Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 740 commuters (the 4% 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.
Out of Blue River Township to work: where people go
Where Blue River Township clocks in
11% 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.
Goods, not services: 73% of the jobs in Blue River Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blue River Township, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 145. 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 Blue River Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Blue River Township
About 22% 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.
For most of Blue River Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Blue River Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 2.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 767 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). 2.8% of Blue River Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Blue River Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700, Blue River Township ranks 2,577th of 5,509 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 114 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 169 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,575 | Moundridge KS | 1,939 | $68K | 8.9% | 2.6% | 19% | C+ |
| 2,576 | South Hutchinson KS | 2,516 | $50K | 13.7% | 1.7% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,577 | Blue River Township IN | 2,025 | $64K | 4.5% | 10.2% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,578 | Burlingame Township KS | 1,703 | $64K | 6.5% | 6.8% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,579 | Hamilton Township MO | 2,342 | $60K | 8.2% | 2.3% | 17% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Blue River Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Blue River Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blue River Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue River Township | – | C+ | C | 32 min | $64,250 |
| Whiskey Run Township | under 2% | D | C | 43 min | $58,531 |
| Spencer Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 35 min | $95,793 |
| Milltown | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Posey Township | under 2% | D− | C− | 43 min | $43,100 |
| Morgan Township | under 2% | B | D | 29 min | $63,426 |
Same-state neighbors only. Milltown: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Blue River 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 Blue River Township: questions
What is the median household income in Blue River Township?
$64,250 (±$22,509) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blue River Township?
4.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blue River Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blue River Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Albany (11%, 20 mi), Jeffersonville (8%, 27 mi), Louisville (8%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Blue River Township walkable?
Blue River Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 2.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Blue River Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blue River Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blue River 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.