For about half of its working residents, Cedar Creek Township is a commute to Fort Wayne
The two grades for Cedar Creek Township are A for jobs and income and C for walkability. Measured by household income, Cedar Creek Township is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 23 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Cedar Creek Township apart on work
More than half of Cedar Creek Township works in Fort Wayne
3,316 working residents, 50%, have their main job in Fort Wayne, 12 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in Cedar Creek Township itself. The commute map ↓
Cedar Creek Township makes and builds things
50% of the jobs based in Cedar Creek Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Cedar Creek Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Cedar Creek Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cedar Creek Township is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #38 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 70% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cedar Creek Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Where the trip to work from Cedar Creek Township ends
Where Cedar Creek Township clocks in
6% of workers
3% 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.
A place that makes things: 50% of Cedar Creek Township’s jobs are in goods
2,431 jobs are based in Cedar Creek Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar Creek Township, 2014 → 2024: 2,152 → 2,431. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cedar Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Cedar Creek Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 6,127 residents head out to work, 489 work right here, and 1,942 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Cedar Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.37 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting from Cedar Creek Township: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedar Creek Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,941 commuters (the 11% 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.
Half of Cedar Creek Township commutes less than 11 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Cedar Creek Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cedar Creek Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #416 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Cedar Creek 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 6,703 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.7% of Cedar Creek Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cedar Creek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Cedar Creek Township is 317th among 2,227 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 51 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
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| 92 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
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| 103 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
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| 315 | Belle Chasse LA | 10,934 | $115K | 6.1% | 2.5% | 15% | A |
| 316 | Oakland NJ | 12,837 | $162K | 3.1% | 5.4% | 6% | A |
| 317 | Cedar Creek Township IN | 14,290 | $112K | 4.0% | 2.5% | 7% | A |
| 318 | Caledonia Township MI | 17,171 | $111K | 3.9% | 3.2% | 11% | A |
| 319 | Smithville MO | 11,160 | $101K | 5.4% | 1.1% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Cedar Creek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Cedar Creek Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Perry Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cedar Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Creek Township | – | A | C | 23 min | $112,286 |
| St. Joseph Township | under 2% | B | B | 22 min | $72,566 |
| Perry Township | 1% | A+ | C | 21 min | $112,479 |
| Springfield Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 27 min | $85,287 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | A− | D | 24 min | $103,346 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cedar Creek 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 2024, 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 Cedar Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cedar Creek Township?
$112,286 (±$14,595) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Creek Township?
4.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedar Creek Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedar Creek Township work?
7% work in town.
Is Cedar Creek Township walkable?
Cedar Creek Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cedar Creek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedar Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar Creek Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.