Households in Center Township have lower incomes than those in 79% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 20.0% of residents, where Indiana as a whole has 12.3%. The two grades for Center Township are C for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in five work in Center Township; the top destination outside it is Knox (18%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Center Township apart on work
Center Township trades workers with the towns around it
Center Township has about as many jobs (2,343) as working residents (2,601), but they are mostly different people: 2,090 residents leave for work each day while 1,832 people come in. Only 22% of the jobs in Center Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Center Township and Knox trade workers both ways
Knox is the top workplace for Center Township residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Center Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Center Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
The four measures behind Center Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Center Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns, #482 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Center Township’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Center Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
How a workday changes Center Township
On a workday 2,090 residents head out to work, 511 work right here, and 1,832 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Center Township to work: where people go
Where Center Township clocks in
18% of workers
4% 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.
About 29 minutes each way, longer than most of Indiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 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 2,088 commuters (the 7% 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.
What Center Township’s employers do
2,343 jobs are based in Center Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Center Township, 2014 → 2024: 2,686 → 2,343. 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 Center Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Center Township
About 20% 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.
Center Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Center Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #254 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Center 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 2,254 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). 7.9% of Center Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Center Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,370 U.S. towns of 4,300 to 8,300, Center Township comes 2,559th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 81 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 126 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 168 | New Whiteland IN | 5,937 | $90K | 3.3% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 2,557 | Port Clinton OH | 5,875 | $61K | 17.5% | 4.4% | 22% | C |
| 2,558 | Mocksville NC | 6,282 | $55K | 19.2% | 4.2% | 17% | C |
| 2,559 | Center Township IN | 6,114 | $57K | 20.0% | 2.7% | 20% | C |
| 2,560 | Bridgton ME | 5,965 | $78K | 12.8% | 5.1% | 24% | C |
| 2,561 | Mira Monte CA | 6,888 | $73K | 16.3% | 6.0% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,370 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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.
Work in the towns next to Center Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Center Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center Township | – | C | B− | 29 min | $56,556 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 28 min | $67,619 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Davis Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| California Township | under 2% | C | D− | 28 min | $67,404 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Davis Township: not graded. 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 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 Center Township: questions
What is the median household income in Center Township?
$56,556 (±$11,695) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Center Township?
20.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Center Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Center Township work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Knox (18%, 1 mi), Plymouth (7%, 17 mi), La Porte (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Center Township walkable?
Center Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Center Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% 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), 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.