Busseron Township’s household incomes are lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income D: better than 12% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C+: more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns.
Working residents average 21 minutes each way (Indiana 24, U.S. 26). About one in ten work in Busseron Township; the top destination outside it is Vincennes (23%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Busseron Township
Busseron Township makes and builds things
92% of the jobs based in Busseron Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Busseron Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
Jobs in Busseron Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Busseron Township went from 528 in 2013 to 1,161 in 2023, +120%. The jobs ↓
Busseron Township is where the jobs are
Busseron Township has 1,161 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,800 people are in town, 47% more than the 1,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
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 569 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Busseron Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Busseron Township is better than 12% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Busseron Township’s grade up (13.4%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($45,521, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (1.0%) is left out: Busseron 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, Busseron Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Busseron Township makes things: 92% of its jobs are in goods
1,161 jobs are based in Busseron Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Busseron Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Busseron Township, 2013 → 2023: 528 → 1,161. 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.
Busseron Township fills up on a workday
On a workday 515 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 1,107 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Busseron Township on a workday afternoon, 47% more than live here.
2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Busseron Township’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Busseron Township clocks in
23% of workers
8% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Indiana
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Busseron Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 549 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Busseron Township commutes less than 16 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 21% 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.
Most trips from Busseron Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Busseron Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 567 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). 1.1% of Busseron Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Busseron Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Busseron Township is 3,854th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Busseron Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
| # | 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+ |
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| 85 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 93 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 123 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,852 | Como MS | 1,064 | $21K | 17.5% | 35.3% | 3% | D |
| 3,853 | Salisbury MO | 1,564 | $65K | 16.9% | 4.5% | 21% | D |
| 3,854 | Busseron Township IN | 1,251 | $46K | 13.4% | 1.0% | 9% | D |
| 3,855 | London AR | 1,061 | $50K | 24.8% | 2.1% | 7% | D |
| 3,856 | Thomson IL | 1,606 | $61K | 21.3% | 8.9% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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.
Busseron Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Haddon Township (2%). Darker towns draw more of Busseron Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Busseron Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busseron Township | – | D | C+ | 21 min | $45,521 |
| Washington Township | under 3% | C | B− | 24 min | $51,786 |
| Widner Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 26 min | $70,236 |
| Haddon Township | 2% | C− | C+ | 25 min | $62,917 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Busseron Township: questions
What is the median household income in Busseron Township?
$45,521 (±$20,293) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Busseron Township?
13.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Busseron Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Busseron Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vincennes (23%, 12 mi), Vincennes Township (8%, 16 mi), Washington (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Busseron Township walkable?
Busseron Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Busseron Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Busseron Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Busseron 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.