Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Ervin Township works elsewhere
Household incomes here are higher than in 88% of U.S. towns. Ervin Township has 216 jobs, and 879 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Ervin Township are B for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Ervin Township
41% of Ervin Township works in Kokomo
361 working residents, 41%, have their main job in Kokomo, 10 miles away. That’s 14 times as many as work in Ervin Township itself. The commute map ↓
Ervin Township is a place people come home to
There are 216 jobs based in Ervin Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ervin Township has about 1,500 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Ervin Township workers work from home
Only 0% 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; with 879 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Ervin Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ervin Township is better than 62% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Ervin Township’s grade up (3.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ervin Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
41% of working residents work in Kokomo
Where Ervin Township clocks in
10% of workers
3% 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 commutes out of Ervin Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 853 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Ervin Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Getting to work from Ervin Township takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ervin Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 951 commuters (the 0% 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.
81% of the jobs in Ervin Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ervin Township, 2013 → 2023: 163 → 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 Ervin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Ervin Township goes to work
About 17% 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 Ervin Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ervin Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 2.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 951 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). 0.0% of Ervin Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ervin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Ervin Township is 1,621st among 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 165 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,619 | South Greensburg PA | 2,073 | $64K | 6.3% | 4.3% | 6% | B |
| 1,620 | Buckhart Township IL | 1,730 | $98K | 7.8% | 4.6% | 5% | B |
| 1,621 | Ervin Township IN | 2,113 | $120K | 3.4% | 6.8% | 3% | B |
| 1,622 | Washington Township OH | 1,535 | $90K | 6.2% | 1.3% | 3% | B |
| 1,623 | Gearhart OR | 1,861 | $92K | 3.6% | 6.6% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Ervin Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Ervin Township
The biggest share goes to Clay Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ervin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ervin Township | – | B | D | 28 min | $120,135 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | A | D | 28 min | $127,788 |
| Carrollton Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Clay Township | 3% | A | D | 21 min | $104,292 |
| Burlington Township | under 2% | C | D | 27 min | $86,544 |
| Deer Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Carrollton Township and Deer Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ervin 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 Ervin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ervin Township?
$120,135 (±$14,002) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ervin Township?
3.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ervin Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ervin Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kokomo (41%, 10 mi), Indianapolis (10%, 52 mi), Clay Township (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ervin Township walkable?
Ervin Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ervin 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 Ervin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ervin 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.