Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Bourbon Township
Commuters spend 20 minutes getting to work on average, next to 24 for Indiana and 26 for the U.S. The two grades for Bourbon Township are B for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in seven stay in Bourbon Township for work; outside it, Warsaw is the main destination (14%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bourbon Township: the figures worth knowing
What’s behind Bourbon Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bourbon Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns, #270 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Bourbon Township’s grade up (7.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bourbon Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
In Bourbon Township, 47% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
837 jobs are based in Bourbon Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bourbon Township, 2013 → 2023: 765 → 837. 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 Bourbon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Bourbon Township
On a workday 1,205 residents head out to work, 197 work right here, and 640 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Bourbon Township on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.60 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 towns that employ Bourbon Township’s residents
Where Bourbon Township clocks in
14% 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.
How long Bourbon Township spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bourbon Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,313 commuters (the 5% 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.
How far it is to work from Bourbon Township
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 Bourbon Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bourbon Township is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #159 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,381 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). 5.6% of Bourbon Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bourbon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Bourbon Township ranks: 1,876th of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 70 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 182 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 186 | Leo-Cedarville IN | 3,790 | $116K | 0.0% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,874 | Avon NY | 3,434 | $72K | 8.1% | 4.6% | 14% | B |
| 1,875 | Dupont PA | 2,589 | $87K | 6.3% | 9.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,876 | Bourbon Township IN | 2,825 | $76K | 7.8% | 3.6% | 14% | B |
| 1,877 | Richmond Township MI | 3,632 | $126K | 4.5% | 14.0% | 5% | B |
| 1,878 | Springwater NY | 2,248 | $85K | 8.7% | 1.0% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Bourbon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Around Bourbon Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bourbon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourbon Township | – | B | B | 20 min | $75,804 |
| German Township | under 3% | B | B+ | 20 min | $79,175 |
| Center Township | under 3% | B− | B− | 22 min | $67,867 |
| Tippecanoe Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 38 min | $61,122 |
| Etna Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 20 min | $59,048 |
| Scott Township | under 3% | B+ | B− | 15 min | $86,629 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bourbon 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 Bourbon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bourbon Township?
$75,804 (±$18,549) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bourbon Township?
7.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bourbon Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bourbon Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (14%, 16 mi), Bourbon (12%, 2 mi), Plymouth (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bourbon Township walkable?
Bourbon Township is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bourbon Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bourbon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bourbon 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.