Woodside · Photo: User:Jaydec · CC BY-SA 3.0Center Township’s household incomes are lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Center Township are D for jobs and income and A for walkability. Below the poverty line: 31.7% of residents, next to 12.3% for Indiana as a whole. About one in three stay in Center Township for work; outside it, Marion is the main destination (41%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Center Township, in a few figures
Center Township and Marion trade workers both ways
Marion is the top workplace for Center Township residents (41%) and also where the most people who work in Center Township come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Center Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Center Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Center Township is better than 8% of U.S. towns, #583 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Center Township’s grade up (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Center Township stays D.
The towns that employ Center Township’s residents
Where Center Township clocks in
41% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
How long Center Township spends getting to work: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Center Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,729 commuters (the 9% 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.
Center Township fills up on a workday
On a workday 5,305 residents head out to work, 2,403 work right here, and 8,763 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25,000 people are in Center Township on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 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.
Inside Center Township’s 11,166 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Center Township, 2013 → 2023: 9,427 → 11,166. 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 Center Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Center Township commutes less than 8 miles
About 23% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Center Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Center Township is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns, #12 of 593 in Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,464 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). 6.4% of Center Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Center Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Center Township sits among U.S. towns of 15,000 to 29,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 31 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
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| 39 | St. John IN | 24,841 | $131K | 2.1% | 2.3% | 8% | A+ |
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| 74 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,758 | Brunswick GA | 15,730 | $40K | 30.9% | 7.6% | 24% | D |
| 1,759 | Eden NC | 15,500 | $47K | 19.2% | 8.3% | 19% | D |
| 1,760 | Center Township IN | 21,606 | $43K | 31.7% | 9.9% | 31% | D |
| 1,761 | Plainview TX | 19,314 | $45K | 24.0% | 6.7% | 40% | D |
| 1,762 | Arvin CA | 19,820 | $49K | 34.6% | 14.0% | 11% | D |
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| 1,787 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Center Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door to Center Township
The biggest share goes to Gas City (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Center Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center Township | – | D | A | 18 min | $42,698 |
| Washington Township | under 1% | C+ | C− | 18 min | $51,014 |
| Mill Township | under 1% | C+ | C | 29 min | $56,280 |
| Monroe Township | under 1% | B | D− | 23 min | $70,175 |
| Franklin Township | under 1% | D | B+ | 17 min | $45,345 |
| Gas City | 6% | C+ | B− | 24 min | $55,982 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Center 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 Center Township: questions
What is the median household income in Center Township?
$42,698 (±$3,679) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Center Township?
31.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Center Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Center Township work?
31% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion (41%, 3 mi), Indianapolis (6%, 59 mi), Gas City (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Center Township walkable?
Center Township is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Center 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 Center Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Center 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.