Cass Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
About one in ten work in Cass Township itself; outside it, Sullivan draws the most (8%, 6 miles). 279 jobs are based in Cass Township for 726 working residents. The two grades for Cass Township are C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The four measures behind Cass Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cass Township is better than 16% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Cass Township’s grade up (12.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cass Township could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Who leaves Cass Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 664 residents head out to work, 62 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Cass Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Where Cass Township goes to work
Where Cass Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
30% of the jobs in Cass Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cass Township, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 279. 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 Cass Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way for Cass Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cass Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 897 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.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Cass 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.
Few in Cass Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cass Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 928 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). 6.3% of Cass Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cass Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Cass Township comes 4,305th on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 117 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 167 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 4,303 | Bentleyville PA | 2,326 | $51K | 25.5% | 7.4% | 9% | C− |
| 4,304 | Stratford TX | 1,978 | $49K | 8.1% | 2.1% | 22% | C− |
| 4,305 | Cass Township IN | 1,857 | $61K | 12.6% | 5.9% | 9% | C− |
| 4,306 | Higgins Township MI | 1,892 | $55K | 9.9% | 3.8% | 15% | C− |
| 4,307 | Mary Ann Township OH | 2,274 | $55K | 16.8% | 0.0% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Cass Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Cass Township and its neighbors: 15% work next door
The biggest share goes to Hamilton Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cass Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass Township | – | C− | C− | 24 min | $61,285 |
| Hamilton Township | 7% | C | B | 22 min | $54,885 |
| Stockton Township | under 3% | D | B− | 27 min | $47,167 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | D | D | 39 min | $50,288 |
| Jefferson Township | 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Wright Township | under 3% | C− | B+ | 32 min | $54,444 |
| Haddon Township | 5% | C− | C+ | 25 min | $62,917 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jefferson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cass 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 Cass Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cass Township?
$61,285 (±$10,321) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cass Township?
12.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cass Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cass Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sullivan (8%, 6 mi), Hamilton Township (7%, 5 mi), Linton (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cass Township walkable?
Cass Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cass 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 Cass Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cass 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.