Most of Curry Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
There are 396 jobs in Curry Township, and 1,112 of its residents work somewhere. Curry Township grades C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Curry Township: the figures worth knowing
Stores, warehouses and trucking
40% of the jobs in Curry Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Curry Township workers work from home
Only 4% 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.
Curry Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Curry Township is better than 22% of U.S. towns, #520 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Curry Township’s grade up (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($53,469, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Curry Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
The kinds of work in Curry Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Curry Township, 2013 → 2023: 421 → 396. 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 Curry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Curry Township
About 31% 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.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Curry Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Curry Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,547 commuters (the 4% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Curry Township
On a workday 1,046 residents head out to work, 66 work right here, and 330 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Curry Township on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
9% of working residents work in Terre Haute
Where Curry Township clocks in
9% of workers
9% 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 commute in Curry Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Curry Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #317 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Curry 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 1,613 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). 4.0% of Curry Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Curry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Curry Township next to U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600: 3,485th of 4,402 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+ |
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| 85 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 137 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 3,483 | Adams Township MI | 2,565 | $64K | 11.7% | 5.1% | 6% | C− |
| 3,484 | Covington IN | 2,774 | $52K | 15.0% | 4.3% | 17% | C− |
| 3,485 | Curry Township IN | 3,431 | $53K | 15.1% | 3.8% | 6% | C− |
| 3,486 | Pentland Township MI | 2,693 | $69K | 10.5% | 13.7% | 15% | C− |
| 3,487 | Mountain View Acres CA | 3,512 | $79K | 28.4% | 16.4% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Curry Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
10% of Curry Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Linton Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Curry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curry Township | – | C− | C+ | 24 min | $53,469 |
| Jackson Township | under 4% | D | D | 39 min | $50,288 |
| Linton Township | 5% | B | D | 24 min | $98,611 |
| Fairbanks Township | under 4% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Hamilton Township | 5% | C | B | 22 min | $54,885 |
| Farmersburg | under 4% | C− | C− | 25 min | $53,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Fairbanks Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Curry 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 Curry Township: questions
What is the median household income in Curry Township?
$53,469 (±$6,615) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Curry Township?
15.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Curry Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Curry Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Terre Haute (9%, 17 mi), Sullivan (9%, 8 mi), Honey Creek Township (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Curry Township walkable?
Curry Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Curry 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 Curry Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Curry 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.