Eel River Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Jobs and income earn Eel River Township B+; getting around on foot earns it C+. Eel River Township has 233 jobs, and 759 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% stay in Eel River Township for work; outside it, Indianapolis is the main destination (32%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Eel River Township and work: the main findings
Where Eel River Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Eel River Township is better than 74% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.8%) is left out: Eel River Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Eel River Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Where people from Eel River Township work
Where Eel River Township clocks in
32% 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.
Who works in Eel River Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 737 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Eel River Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 30% of the jobs in Eel River Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eel River Township, 2013 → 2023: 130 → 233. 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 Eel River Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Eel River Township: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eel River Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 764 commuters (the 11% 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.
How far it is to work from Eel River 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 trips from Eel River Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eel River Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 856 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). 3.2% of Eel River Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eel River Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,009th of 6,085: where Eel River Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 171 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,007 | Somonauk IL | 1,770 | $85K | 3.9% | 5.2% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,008 | Dike IA | 1,299 | $91K | 5.4% | 1.5% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,009 | Eel River Township IN | 1,762 | $86K | 4.7% | 0.8% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,010 | Alma Township KS | 1,221 | $101K | 3.9% | 2.3% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,011 | Gibson Township OH | 2,153 | $86K | 5.0% | 1.0% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Eel River Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door to Eel River Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eel River Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eel River Township | – | B+ | C+ | 27 min | $86,369 |
| Clark Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 27 min | $77,361 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 28 min | $75,729 |
| Union Township | under 2% | A− | D | 34 min | $89,153 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | A | D | 34 min | $106,250 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
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 Eel River 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 Eel River Township: questions
What is the median household income in Eel River Township?
$86,369 (±$15,077) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eel River Township?
4.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eel River Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eel River Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (32%, 27 mi), Danville (8%, 11 mi), Brownsburg (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eel River Township walkable?
Eel River Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eel River 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 Eel River Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eel River 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.