Most of Cain Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
103 jobs are based in Cain Township, against 435 working residents. Cain Township grades B for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Only 2% stay in Cain Township for work; outside it, Veedersburg is the main destination (12%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Cain Township
How Cain Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Cain Township is better than 56% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Cain Township’s grade up (5.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.7%) is left out: Cain Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cain Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
The daily flow of workers through Cain Township
On a workday 427 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Cain Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
The towns that employ Cain Township’s residents
Where Cain 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.
Factories, building and farms: 45% of the jobs in Cain Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cain Township, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 103. 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 Cain Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Cain Township: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cain Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 510 commuters (the 8% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Cain Township
About 24% 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.
For most of Cain Township, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 554 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). 0.5% of Cain Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cain Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cain Township next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500: 1,053rd of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 69 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Greenville IN | 1,452 | $135K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,051 | Nora Springs IA | 1,316 | $79K | 5.3% | 0.6% | 5% | B |
| 1,052 | Kinderhook NY | 1,134 | $93K | 7.6% | 7.8% | 4% | B |
| 1,053 | Cain Township IN | 1,127 | $84K | 5.3% | 0.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,054 | Owls Head ME | 1,494 | $87K | 5.7% | 3.9% | 5% | B |
| 1,055 | Tuscarora Township PA | 1,057 | $95K | 4.7% | 1.3% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Cain Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
How Cain Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Van Buren Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cain Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cain Township | – | B | D− | 27 min | $84,205 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Wayne Township | under 3% | C | D | 25 min | $63,808 |
| Van Buren Township | 4% | C | B− | 25 min | $58,173 |
| Richland Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township and Richland Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cain 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 Cain Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cain Township?
$84,205 (±$22,938) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cain Township?
5.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cain Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cain Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Veedersburg (12%, 6 mi), Indianapolis (9%, 57 mi), Crawfordsville (9%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cain Township walkable?
Cain Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cain Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cain Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cain 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.