Elmore Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
216 jobs are based in Elmore Township for 410 working residents. Elmore Township grades C for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 4% stay in Elmore Township for work; outside it, Madison Township is the main destination (8%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Elmore Township
On income, poverty and job access, Elmore Township is better than 31% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Elmore Township’s grade up ($75,833, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.2%) is left out: Elmore 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, Elmore Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Elmore Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 392 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Elmore Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 Elmore Township goes to work
Where Elmore Township clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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 Elmore Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elmore Township, 2013 → 2023: 149 → 216. 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 Elmore Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Elmore Township takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elmore Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 532 commuters (the 5% 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 distance from Elmore Township to work
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.
Driving is how Elmore Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Elmore Township is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.3% 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 558 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). 2.5% of Elmore Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Elmore Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Elmore Township next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500: 2,053rd of 3,771 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+ |
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| 108 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
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| 138 | Greenville IN | 1,452 | $135K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
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| 2,051 | Tiltonsville OH | 1,215 | $57K | 8.2% | 3.5% | 5% | C |
| 2,052 | Colfax WI | 1,193 | $62K | 12.3% | 9.4% | 7% | C |
| 2,053 | Elmore Township IN | 1,086 | $76K | 10.7% | 1.2% | 4% | C |
| 2,054 | Brookside AL | 1,433 | $59K | 26.5% | 3.9% | <1% | C |
| 2,055 | Kellyville OK | 1,052 | $53K | 12.9% | 2.0% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Elmore Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Bordering towns draw 12% of Elmore Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elmore Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmore Township | – | C | B | 21 min | $75,833 |
| Vigo Township | under 3% | B− | C | 27 min | $59,120 |
| Madison Township | 8% | B | B− | 31 min | $66,970 |
| Bogard Township | 4% | B | B− | 21 min | $76,696 |
| Cass Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Steele Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cass Township and Steele Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Madison Township. Darker towns draw more of Elmore 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 Elmore Township: questions
What is the median household income in Elmore Township?
$75,833 (±$23,373) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elmore Township?
10.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elmore Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elmore Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison Township (8%, 6 mi), Washington (8%, 15 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 80 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Elmore Township walkable?
Elmore Township is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Elmore Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elmore Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elmore 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.