Dudley Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
120 jobs are based in Dudley Township; 371 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Dudley Township is better than 65% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (D). Only 2% stay in Dudley Township for work; outside it, Indianapolis is the main destination (10%, 47 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Dudley Township
Dudley Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Dudley Township is Indianapolis, 47 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (38) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Dudley Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 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 371 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Dudley Township earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Dudley Township’s grade up (4.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Dudley 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, Dudley Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Dudley Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 23% 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.
The daily trip from Dudley Township: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dudley Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 416 commuters (the 12% 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 daily flow of workers through Dudley Township
On a workday 362 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Dudley Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Where Dudley Township goes to work
Where Dudley Township clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
In Dudley Township, 50% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dudley Township, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 120. 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 Dudley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Dudley Township: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 473 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). 3.9% of Dudley Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dudley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dudley Township is 772nd of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 69 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Greenville IN | 1,452 | $135K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 770 | Aurora WI | 1,020 | $87K | 4.6% | 1.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 771 | Kaaawa HI | 1,328 | $132K | 11.0% | 0.9% | 0% | B+ |
| 772 | Dudley Township IN | 1,108 | $84K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| 773 | Ideal Township MN | 1,291 | $108K | 3.3% | 2.7% | 3% | B |
| 774 | Bement IL | 1,462 | $76K | 7.0% | 1.3% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Dudley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Dudley Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dudley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley Township | – | B | D | 32 min | $83,594 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | C | C | 24 min | $58,984 |
| Liberty Township | under 3% | C | D− | 33 min | $71,845 |
| Franklin Township | under 3% | C | D | 32 min | $67,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dudley 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 Dudley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dudley Township?
$83,594 (±$20,830) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dudley Township?
4.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dudley Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dudley Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (10%, 47 mi), New Castle (9%, 8 mi), Spiceland Township (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dudley Township walkable?
Dudley Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dudley 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 Dudley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dudley 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.