With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of California Township works elsewhere
224 jobs are based in California Township, against 911 working residents. California Township grades C for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Only 3% work in California Township itself; outside it, Knox draws the most (15%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in California Township, in a few figures
What drives the Jobs & income grade in California Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, California Township is better than 29% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds California Township’s grade up (7.2%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (7.3%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, California Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
How a workday changes California Township
On a workday 883 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 196 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in California Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Commuting out of California Township: the destinations
Where California Township clocks in
15% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in California Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in California Township, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 224. 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 California Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from California Township takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of California Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 937 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from California Township
About 25% 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 California Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, California Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place California 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 985 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). 2.1% of California Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of California Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
California Township places 3,477th of 5,404 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 165 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 3,475 | Central Lake Township MI | 2,276 | $70K | 8.0% | 3.9% | 13% | C |
| 3,476 | Deltana AK | 1,997 | $92K | 12.8% | 5.0% | — | C |
| 3,477 | California Township IN | 2,156 | $67K | 7.2% | 7.3% | 3% | C |
| 3,478 | Watertown Township MI | 2,074 | $82K | 6.6% | 13.7% | <1% | C |
| 3,479 | Weesaw Township MI | 1,811 | $58K | 13.0% | 5.2% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 California Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door to California Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | California Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Township | – | C | D− | 28 min | $67,404 |
| North Bend Township | under 3% | D | D− | 31 min | $61,375 |
| Wayne Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 27 min | $60,250 |
| Franklin Township | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Center Township | under 3% | C | B− | 29 min | $56,556 |
| Rich Grove Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Franklin Township and Rich Grove Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of California 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 California Township: questions
What is the median household income in California Township?
$67,404 (±$10,293) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in California Township?
7.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from California Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in California Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Knox (15%, 5 mi), Plymouth (5%, 19 mi), Valparaiso (5%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is California Township walkable?
California Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around California 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 California Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of California 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.