Most of Blue River Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 84 jobs in Blue River Township, against 369 working residents. Jobs and income earn Blue River Township C+; getting around on foot earns it D. 0% of workers have no commute at all (Indiana 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Blue River Township: the gist
Blue River Township is a place people come home to
There are 84 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 870 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The quickest commute around
Blue River Township’s 23-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 29 to 36 minutes. Next door ↓
Few Blue River Township workers work from home
Only 0% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 369 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 45% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Blue River Township’s grade up ($85,536, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.4%) 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+.
Blue River Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 365 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Blue River Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Getting to work from Blue River Township takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 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 570 commuters (the 0% 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.
12% of working residents work in New Castle
Where Blue River Township clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
In Blue River Township, 51% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blue River Township, 2014 → 2024: 152 → 84. 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 Blue River Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Blue River Township’s workers travel
About 25% 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.
In Blue River Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Blue River Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 570 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). 3.2% of Blue River Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Blue River Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,673rd of 4,312: where Blue River Township ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 75 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 82 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
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| 127 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | <1% | A |
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| 1,671 | Inverness CA | 1,346 | $80K | 4.8% | 10.0% | 9% | C+ |
| 1,672 | Milesburg PA | 1,062 | $61K | 6.7% | 1.4% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,673 | Blue River Township IN | 1,157 | $86K | 11.5% | 2.4% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,674 | Wildcat Township IN | 1,251 | $74K | 10.3% | 1.8% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,675 | Blawnox PA | 1,384 | $60K | 16.7% | 2.5% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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.
Blue River Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Prairie Township (4%).
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+ | D | 23 min | $85,536 |
| Stoney Creek Township | 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Dalton Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Prairie Township | 4% | B+ | D | 29 min | $68,088 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | C | D− | 33 min | $71,845 |
Same-state neighbors only. Stoney Creek Township and Dalton Township: 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 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 Blue River Township: questions
What is the median household income in Blue River Township?
$85,536 (±$29,144) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blue River Township?
11.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blue River Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blue River Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Castle (12%, 7 mi), Indianapolis (9%, 49 mi), Muncie (9%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Blue River Township walkable?
Blue River Township is more walkable than 5% 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 Blue River Township without a car?
0% 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), 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.