For about half of its working residents, Delaware Township is a commute to Indianapolis
Home is the office for 23% of workers; Indiana has 11%. For jobs and income Delaware Township is better than 89% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (B). Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Delaware Township at work: what stands out
Delaware Township is where the jobs are
Delaware Township has 29,591 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Delaware Township
23% of Delaware Township workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. 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.
Why Delaware Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Delaware Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Delaware Township
On a workday 15,829 residents head out to work, 1,978 work right here, and 27,613 people come in from elsewhere.
About 49,000 people are in Delaware Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 2023, primary jobs.
From Delaware Township, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Delaware Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15,816 commuters (the 23% 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.
Who travels to work in Delaware Township, and from where
Where Delaware Township clocks in
45% of workers
13% of workers
11% 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.
What work there is in Delaware Township: 29,591 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Delaware Township, 2013 → 2023: 24,167 → 29,591. 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 Delaware Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Delaware Township
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 Delaware Township commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% 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 20,459 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). 3.4% of Delaware Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Delaware Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Delaware Township is 222nd of 1,162 U.S. towns of 26,000 to 50,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Zionsville IN | 33,624 | $172K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Perry Township IN | 39,325 | $112K | 3.4% | 1.3% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 175 | Brownsburg IN | 34,089 | $102K | 7.5% | 1.6% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 220 | Princeton NJ | 31,469 | $192K | 6.1% | 4.3% | 25% | A |
| 221 | North Ridgeville OH | 37,786 | $97K | 5.7% | 2.7% | 7% | A |
| 222 | Delaware Township IN | 36,770 | $102K | 5.4% | 3.3% | 11% | A |
| 223 | Cerritos CA | 46,367 | $135K | 5.3% | 5.1% | 8% | A |
| 224 | Oakdale MN | 30,588 | $94K | 5.7% | 3.2% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,162 | 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 Delaware Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work next door: 75% of Delaware Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Indianapolis (45%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Delaware Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Township | – | A | B | 24 min | $102,471 |
| Clay Township | under 1% | A+ | B | 25 min | $142,449 |
| Carmel | 11% | A+ | B | 25 min | $141,505 |
| Fishers | 13% | A+ | B− | 27 min | $130,203 |
| Fall Creek Township | 1% | A+ | B− | 28 min | $146,226 |
| Lawrence Township | under 1% | B− | B | 26 min | $72,081 |
| Indianapolis | 45% | B− | A− | 25 min | $66,307 |
| Noblesville | 5% | A | C+ | 27 min | $104,047 |
| Noblesville Township | under 1% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Noblesville Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Delaware 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 Delaware Township: questions
What is the median household income in Delaware Township?
$102,471 (±$5,228) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Delaware Township?
5.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Delaware Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Delaware Township work?
11% work in town.
Is Delaware Township walkable?
Delaware Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Delaware Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Delaware Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Delaware 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.