Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnemployment in Deer Creek Township (6.2%) is higher than in 76% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 71% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Deer Creek Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (C+). About one in seven work in Deer Creek Township itself; outside it, Lafayette draws the most (27%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Deer Creek Township
Deer Creek Township makes and builds things
62% of the jobs based in Deer Creek Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Deer Creek Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
Deer Creek Township is the work center of its corner
Every town that borders Deer Creek Township (Tippecanoe Township, Madison Township, Jackson Township, Rock Creek Township and Washington Township) has fewer jobs than working residents, while Deer Creek Township has 1.7 per resident. Next door ↓
The biggest group of Deer Creek Township’s workers comes from Logansport
426 of the people who work in Deer Creek Township live in Logansport, 18 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Deer Creek Township
The poverty rate holds Deer Creek Township’s grade up (8.6%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Deer Creek Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Goods, not services: 62% of the jobs in Deer Creek Township
3,555 jobs are based in Deer Creek Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deer Creek Township, 2014 → 2024: 3,840 → 3,555. 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 Deer Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Deer Creek Township
Where Deer Creek Township clocks in
7% 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 daily commute in and out of Deer Creek Township
On a workday 1,768 residents head out to work, 354 work right here, and 3,201 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,100 people are in Deer Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 31% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Deer Creek Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deer Creek Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,820 commuters (the 5% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Deer Creek Township
About 24% 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.
Deer Creek Township is a driving town
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 1,909 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). 7.3% of Deer Creek Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Deer Creek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Deer Creek Township is 2,576th of 3,798 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 90 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 8% | A+ |
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| 127 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 131 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 2,574 | Huntingdon TN | 4,462 | $52K | 20.0% | 0.6% | 31% | C |
| 2,575 | Whitmore Township IL | 4,127 | $77K | 13.6% | 7.2% | 7% | C |
| 2,576 | Deer Creek Township IN | 4,651 | $62K | 8.6% | 6.2% | 17% | C |
| 2,577 | Gibson AR | 4,167 | $66K | 10.7% | 11.3% | <1% | C |
| 2,578 | Riverdale CA | 3,653 | $57K | 12.6% | 3.9% | 9% | C |
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| 3,798 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Deer Creek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Deer Creek Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Deer Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Creek Township | – | C | C+ | 24 min | $61,627 |
| Tippecanoe Township | under 2% | C | D | 26 min | $61,438 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 25 min | $62,188 |
| Rock Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 28 min | $70,536 |
Same-state neighbors only. Madison Township and Rock Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Deer Creek 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 Deer Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Deer Creek Township?
$61,627 (±$8,683) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deer Creek Township?
8.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deer Creek Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deer Creek Township work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (27%, 18 mi), Delphi (10%, 2 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 61 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Deer Creek Township walkable?
Deer Creek Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Deer Creek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deer Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deer Creek 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.