Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Eel Township are lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Eel Township C−; getting around on foot earns it B+. The poverty rate is 16.9%; Indiana has 12.3%. Home is the office for 2% of workers, against 11% across Indiana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Eel Township, in a few figures
Much of Eel Township works one town over
49% of working residents work in a town that borders Eel Township: Logansport (27%), Clinton Township (19%) and Washington Township (3%). Next door ↓
Eel Township trades workers with the towns around it
Eel Township has about as many jobs (8,036) as working residents (8,116), but they are mostly different people: 5,996 residents leave for work each day while 5,916 people come in. Only 26% of the jobs in Eel Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Eel Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Eel Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Eel Township is better than 23% of U.S. towns, #508 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Eel Township’s grade up (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($47,617, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Eel Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
How a workday changes Eel Township
On a workday 5,996 residents head out to work, 2,120 work right here, and 5,916 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).
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 Eel Township, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eel Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,953 commuters (the 2% 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.
27% of working residents work in Logansport
Where Eel Township clocks in
27% of workers
19% of workers
5% 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.
Inside Eel Township’s 8,036 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eel Township, 2013 → 2023: 7,943 → 8,036. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Eel Township works
About 21% 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.
Most trips from Eel Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eel Township is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #125 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.5% 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 8,120 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). 6.4% of Eel Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Eel Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Eel Township ranks: 1,646th of 1,915 U.S. towns of 13,000 to 25,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 35 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
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| 44 | St. John IN | 24,841 | $131K | 2.1% | 2.3% | 8% | A+ |
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| 69 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,644 | Harrison AR | 13,802 | $44K | 14.9% | 3.7% | 50% | C− |
| 1,645 | Fairmont WV | 18,035 | $63K | 17.4% | 6.7% | 22% | C− |
| 1,646 | Eel Township IN | 18,549 | $48K | 16.9% | 4.4% | 26% | C− |
| 1,647 | Circleville OH | 14,634 | $60K | 18.9% | 6.8% | 12% | C− |
| 1,648 | Newell Township IL | 13,326 | $61K | 13.7% | 7.0% | 13% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,915 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work next door: 49% of Eel Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Logansport (27%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eel Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eel Township | – | C− | B+ | 20 min | $47,617 |
| Noble Township | under 2% | B− | C | 22 min | $92,219 |
| Washington Township | 3% | C− | C | 18 min | $63,958 |
| Clay Township | under 2% | C− | D | 24 min | $64,309 |
| Clinton Township | 19% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Miami Township | under 2% | A− | C | 27 min | $100,179 |
| Logansport | 27% | C− | B+ | 20 min | $47,291 |
Same-state neighbors only. Clinton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eel 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Eel Township?
$47,617 (±$2,527) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eel Township?
16.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eel Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eel Township work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logansport (27%, 0 mi), Clinton Township (19%, 6 mi), Deer Creek Township (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eel Township walkable?
Eel Township is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eel Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eel Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eel 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.