Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial · Photo: Rene Sturgell · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Carter Township (1.3%) than in 92% of U.S. towns
2% of workers work from home (Indiana 11%). Carter Township grades B for jobs and income and C for walkability. About one in five stay in Carter Township for work; outside it, Jasper is the main destination (14%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Carter Township at work: what stands out
Many jobs in Carter Township pay little
27% of the jobs based in Carter Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 32% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Few Carter Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Carter Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Carter Township is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #204 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Carter Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Carter Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
What Carter Township’s employers do
1,922 jobs are based in Carter Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carter Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,227 → 1,922. 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 Carter Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way for Carter Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carter Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,502 commuters (the 2% 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.
Who works in Carter Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,184 residents head out to work, 271 work right here, and 1,651 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Carter Township on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).
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 Carter Township’s working residents head each day
Where Carter Township clocks in
14% of workers
11% 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.
Half of Carter Township commutes less than 15 miles
About 15% 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.
Driving is how Carter Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Carter Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns, #412 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,531 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). 1.9% of Carter Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Carter Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Carter Township is 1,478th among 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,476 | Juniper Canyon OR | 2,666 | $85K | 5.7% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,477 | Warm Beach WA | 3,442 | $100K | 7.5% | 2.9% | <1% | B |
| 1,478 | Carter Township IN | 3,236 | $75K | 7.9% | 1.3% | 19% | B |
| 1,479 | Union Township IN | 2,725 | $78K | 9.7% | 3.1% | 11% | B |
| 1,480 | Arbuckle CA | 3,093 | $87K | 3.4% | 2.8% | 11% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Carter Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Carter Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Santa Claus (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Carter Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Township | – | B | C | 26 min | $75,288 |
| Clay Township | under 2% | B | C− | 30 min | $89,167 |
| Harrison Township | 3% | C+ | B | 26 min | $67,821 |
| Pigeon Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 31 min | $115,852 |
| Santa Claus | 6% | A− | C | 30 min | $89,659 |
| Cass Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 29 min | $72,339 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Carter 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 Carter Township: questions
What is the median household income in Carter Township?
$75,288 (±$16,719) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carter Township?
7.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carter Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carter Township work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jasper (14%, 16 mi), Dale (11%, 2 mi), Ferdinand (9%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Carter Township walkable?
Carter Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Carter 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 Carter Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carter 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.