Charles Sweeton House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFor more than half of its working residents, Center Township is a commute to Evansville
About one in ten work in Center Township itself; outside it, Evansville draws the most (58%, 4 miles). The two grades for Center Township are B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Working residents average 21 minutes each way (Indiana 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Center Township: the gist
More than half of Center Township works in Evansville
10,875 working residents, 58%, have their main job in Evansville, 4 miles away across the town line. That’s 5 times as many as work in Center Township itself. The commute map ↓
Most Center Township residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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.
What’s behind Center Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Center Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #178 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($78,964, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Center Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
Out of Center Township to work: where people go
Where Center Township clocks in
58% of workers
5% 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.
How far Center Township goes to work
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.
Center Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 16,642 residents head out to work, 2,106 work right here, and 11,484 people come in from elsewhere.
About 37,000 people are in Center Township on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.72 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.
A place that makes things: 28% of Center Township’s jobs are in goods
13,590 jobs are based in Center Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Center Township, 2013 → 2023: 12,018 → 13,590. 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.
Getting to work from Center Township takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 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 18,375 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.
Few in Center Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Center Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #350 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 19,813 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). 3.8% 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.
How Center Township ranks: 529th of 1,054 U.S. towns of 29,000 to 57,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 24 | Zionsville IN | 33,624 | $172K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Perry Township IN | 39,325 | $112K | 3.4% | 1.3% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | Brownsburg IN | 34,089 | $102K | 7.5% | 1.6% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 527 | Midvale UT | 36,099 | $75K | 11.2% | 3.3% | 5% | B+ |
| 528 | Randolph Town MA | 34,948 | $110K | 8.4% | 7.7% | 5% | B+ |
| 529 | Center Township IN | 41,874 | $79K | 8.8% | 3.2% | 11% | B+ |
| 530 | Spanaway WA | 34,019 | $98K | 8.8% | 4.7% | 4% | B+ |
| 531 | West Bend WI | 32,268 | $74K | 8.2% | 3.2% | 21% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,054 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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.
Bordering towns draw 60% of Center Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Center Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center Township | – | B+ | C+ | 21 min | $78,964 |
| Pigeon Township | under 1% | C− | A | 18 min | $42,766 |
| Knight Township | under 1% | C+ | A− | 19 min | $58,227 |
| Scott Township | 2% | A | C− | 24 min | $106,628 |
| Evansville | 58% | C | A− | 18 min | $53,387 |
| Campbell Township | under 1% | A | C− | 20 min | $121,719 |
| Darmstadt | under 1% | A | C− | 25 min | $107,188 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Evansville. 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?
$78,964 (±$6,596) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Center Township?
8.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Center Township?
21 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?
11% work in town.
Is Center Township walkable?
Center Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 2% 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.