Liberty Residential Historic District · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Center Township have lower incomes than those in 76% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, where Indiana as a whole has 11%. Poverty touches 14.0% of residents, next to 12.3% for Indiana as a whole. Jobs and income earn Center Township C−; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Center Township: the figures worth knowing
Many jobs in Center Township pay little
30% of the jobs based in Center Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Few Center Township workers work from home
Only 3% 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.
Inside Center Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Center Township is better than 21% of U.S. towns, #523 of 593 in Indiana. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Center Township’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Center Township could be anywhere from D to B.
The kinds of work in Center Township
782 jobs are based in Center Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Center Township, 2013 → 2023: 859 → 782. 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.
How long Center Township spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 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 1,363 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 a workday changes Center Township
On a workday 1,075 residents head out to work, 176 work right here, and 606 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Center Township on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.63 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 2023, primary jobs.
18% of working residents work in Richmond
Where Center Township clocks in
8% 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.
Where in the region Center Township works
About 26% 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.
Most of Center Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Center Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #364 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of 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 1,400 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). 4.3% 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.
Center Township is 3,655th of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 182 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 186 | Leo-Cedarville IN | 3,790 | $116K | 0.0% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,653 | Fowler IN | 2,386 | $54K | 14.3% | 4.4% | 16% | C− |
| 3,654 | Roseau MN | 2,685 | $60K | 17.8% | 3.8% | 52% | C− |
| 3,655 | Center Township IN | 2,811 | $59K | 14.0% | 6.0% | 14% | C− |
| 3,656 | Menominee Township MI | 3,306 | $66K | 8.9% | 6.4% | 3% | C− |
| 3,657 | New Eagle PA | 2,018 | $52K | 15.7% | 10.5% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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.
The towns around 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− | C+ | 27 min | $58,750 |
| Liberty Township | under 1% | B− | D | 23 min | $85,050 |
| Union Township | under 1% | B− | C− | 28 min | $81,250 |
| Harrison Township | under 1% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Brownsville Township | under 1% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Harrison Township and Brownsville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, 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 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?
$58,750 (±$14,149) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Center Township?
14.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Center Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Center Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (18%, 15 mi), Liberty (13%, 3 mi), Oxford (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Center Township walkable?
Center Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Center Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% 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.