Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Boone Township works elsewhere
35 jobs are based in Boone Township; 590 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Boone Township is better than 39% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (C−). Household incomes here are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Boone Township, in brief
Boone Township is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in Boone Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Boone Township has about 770 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Boone Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 92 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 590 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Boone Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Boone Township’s grade up (4.5%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($54,375, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Boone 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, Boone Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
The daily commute in and out of Boone Township
On a workday 584 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Boone Township on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
From Boone Township, about 36 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boone Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 435 commuters (the 13% 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.
11% of working residents work in Corydon
Where Boone Township clocks in
11% 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: 63% of the jobs in Boone Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boone Township, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 35. 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 Boone Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Boone Township works
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.
Getting around Boone Township: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 500 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). 1.6% of Boone Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Boone Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,518th of 5,400: where Boone Township ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,516 | Stonewood WV | 1,743 | $55K | 8.0% | 9.8% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,517 | Hazel Green WI | 1,173 | $65K | 10.6% | 0.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,518 | Boone Township IN | 1,329 | $54K | 4.5% | 3.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,519 | Frenchcreek Township PA | 1,393 | $69K | 7.5% | 1.8% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,520 | Litchfield Township PA | 1,267 | $71K | 7.5% | 12.7% | <1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Boone Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Boone Township
The biggest share goes to Harrison Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Boone Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone Township | – | C+ | C− | 36 min | $54,375 |
| Taylor Township | under 2% | — | — | 46 min | — |
| Harrison Township | 9% | B− | C+ | 25 min | $66,722 |
| Heth Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 39 min | $85,893 |
| Webster Township | under 2% | B | D− | 35 min | $93,482 |
Same-state neighbors only. Taylor Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Boone 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 Boone Township: questions
What is the median household income in Boone Township?
$54,375 (±$19,293) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boone Township?
4.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boone Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boone Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corydon (11%, 12 mi), New Albany (11%, 23 mi), Harrison Township (9%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Boone Township walkable?
Boone Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Boone Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Boone Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boone 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.