Cotton Township has lower unemployment (1.0%) than 94% of U.S. towns
Hardly any work in Cotton Township; the top destination outside it is Vevay (7%, 10 miles). Jobs and income earn Cotton Township B+; getting around on foot earns it C−. For 3% of workers, the job is at home, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cotton Township and work: the main findings
Cotton Township is a place people come home to
There are 63 jobs based in Cotton Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cotton Township has about 1,200 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Cotton Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 100 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 745 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Cotton Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cotton Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Cotton Township’s grade up (1.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cotton Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
How a workday changes Cotton Township
On a workday 738 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Cotton Township on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.08 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.
From Cotton Township, about 37 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cotton Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,096 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.
Where the trip to work from Cotton Township ends
Where Cotton Township clocks in
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.
The kinds of work in Cotton Township
63 jobs are based in Cotton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cotton Township, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 63. 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 Cotton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Cotton Township
About 22% 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.
Getting around Cotton Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cotton Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,132 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). 3.7% of Cotton Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cotton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cotton Township places 1,260th of 5,656 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 167 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,258 | Chapin SC | 1,945 | $80K | 7.5% | 2.6% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,259 | Fugit Township IN | 1,894 | $94K | 2.9% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,260 | Cotton Township IN | 1,856 | $74K | 1.6% | 1.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,261 | Union Township KS | 1,646 | $82K | 4.4% | 4.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,262 | Greenbriar FL | 2,283 | $73K | 9.6% | 3.6% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Cotton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
10% of Cotton Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to York Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cotton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Township | – | B+ | C− | 37 min | $74,479 |
| Jefferson Township | 2% | C− | B | 30 min | $58,929 |
| Cass Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 37 min | $105,400 |
| Posey Township | 2% | D− | D | 31 min | $50,597 |
| York Township | 6% | C | D− | 32 min | $75,970 |
Same-state neighbors only. Cass Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cotton 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 Cotton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cotton Township?
$74,479 (±$17,767) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cotton Township?
1.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cotton Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cotton Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vevay (7%, 10 mi), York Township (6%, 5 mi), Lawrenceburg (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cotton Township walkable?
Cotton Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cotton Township without a car?
0% 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 Cotton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cotton 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.