Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs, income and commuting in Boon Township, IN
About one in five work in Boon Township itself; outside it, Evansville draws the most (33%, 14 miles). The two grades for Boon Township are B for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Working residents average 24 minutes each way (Indiana 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Boon Township: the gist
Income, poverty and work: Boon Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Boon Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #257 of 593 in Indiana. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Boon Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Boon Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Commuting out of Boon Township: the destinations
Where Boon Township clocks in
33% of workers
15% 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.
A workday in Boon Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 5,267 residents head out to work, 1,176 work right here, and 3,395 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Boon Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Boon Township
4,571 jobs are based in Boon Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boon Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,490 → 4,571. 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 Boon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, about the IN average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boon Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,914 commuters (the 7% 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.
Miles to work from Boon Township
About 15% 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.
In Boon Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Boon Township is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns, #322 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Boon 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 6,364 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). 3.9% of Boon Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Boon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Boon Township is 1,212th of 2,227 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 51 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,210 | Union Park FL | 10,615 | $70K | 13.8% | 3.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,211 | Matteson IL | 18,543 | $95K | 9.7% | 10.9% | 5% | B |
| 1,212 | Boon Township IN | 13,898 | $78K | 9.2% | 3.6% | 18% | B |
| 1,213 | Richland Township OH | 14,307 | $77K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 24% | B |
| 1,214 | Mooresville IN | 10,173 | $69K | 13.0% | 3.4% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Boon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Boon Township and its neighbors: 11% work next door
The biggest share goes to Ohio Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Boon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boon Township | – | B | C+ | 24 min | $78,464 |
| Grass Township | under 2% | C | D− | 28 min | $54,549 |
| Campbell Township | under 2% | A | C− | 20 min | $121,719 |
| Skelton Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 27 min | $84,375 |
| Luce Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 23 min | $62,241 |
| Ohio Township | 8% | A− | C+ | 23 min | $92,550 |
| Anderson Township | 3% | A | D− | 23 min | $97,569 |
| Hart Township | under 2% | B | B− | 25 min | $62,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Boon 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 Boon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Boon Township?
$78,464 (±$13,505) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boon Township?
9.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boon Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boon Township work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (33%, 14 mi), Boonville (15%, 1 mi), Ohio Township (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Boon Township walkable?
Boon Township is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Boon Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Boon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boon 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.