With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Delaware Township works elsewhere
For jobs and income Delaware Township is better than 30% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). Employers in Delaware Township report 160 jobs, and 688 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Delaware Township itself; outside it, Batesville draws the most (11%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Delaware Township: the figures worth knowing
How Delaware Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Delaware Township’s grade up ($75,069, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Delaware Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Delaware Township could be anywhere from D to B.
In and out of Delaware Township on a workday
On a workday 672 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 144 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Delaware Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Delaware Township: the destinations
Where Delaware Township clocks in
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.
The kinds of work in Delaware Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Delaware Township, 2014 → 2024: 99 → 160. 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 Delaware Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Delaware Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 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 690 commuters (the 8% 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.
Miles to work from Delaware Township
About 20% 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.
Driving is how Delaware Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Delaware Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Delaware 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 750 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). 0.5% 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 next to U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100: 3,376th of 5,794 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 111 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,374 | Trappe MD | 1,517 | $61K | 9.3% | 9.0% | 2% | C |
| 3,375 | Rankin PA | 1,975 | $48K | 24.9% | 10.4% | 1% | C |
| 3,376 | Delaware Township IN | 1,548 | $75K | 10.9% | 1.8% | 2% | C |
| 3,377 | Perry Township PA | 1,331 | $70K | 9.0% | 2.7% | 4% | C |
| 3,378 | Sterling GA | 2,091 | $86K | 15.4% | 5.9% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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.
The towns around Delaware Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Delaware Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Township | – | C | D− | 27 min | $75,069 |
| Franklin Township | under 3% | B− | B | 29 min | $67,083 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Center Township | under 3% | C+ | B+ | 26 min | $62,861 |
| Johnson Township | under 3% | C+ | B | 25 min | $71,204 |
| Laughery Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 19 min | $60,119 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, 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 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 Delaware Township: questions
What is the median household income in Delaware Township?
$75,069 (±$8,843) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Delaware Township?
10.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Delaware Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Delaware Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Batesville (11%, 8 mi), Greensburg (10%, 18 mi), Osgood (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Delaware Township walkable?
Delaware Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Delaware Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% 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), 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.