With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Etna Township works elsewhere
Household incomes here are lower than in 76% of U.S. towns. There are 330 jobs in Etna Township, against 612 working residents. For jobs and income Etna Township is better than 39% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Etna Township, in a few figures
Etna Township makes and builds things
73% of the jobs based in Etna Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Etna Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 50%. The jobs ↓
Etna Township and Warsaw trade workers both ways
Warsaw is the top workplace for Etna Township residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Etna Township come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
35% of the jobs based in Etna Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 27% of Etna Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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 612 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Etna Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Etna Township’s grade up (8.9%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($59,048, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Etna 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, Etna Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
In Etna Township, 73% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Etna Township, 2013 → 2023: 150 → 330. 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 Etna Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
27% of working residents work in Warsaw
Where Etna Township clocks in
27% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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 leaves Etna Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 598 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 316 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Etna Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
About 20 minutes to work from Etna Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Etna Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 339 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 Etna Township goes to work
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.
For most of Etna Township, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 381 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). 23.7% of Etna Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Etna Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Etna Township is 2,571st among 5,397 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,569 | Holliday TX | 1,733 | $63K | 8.7% | 5.5% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,570 | Tenino WA | 1,941 | $83K | 11.6% | 5.3% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,571 | Etna Township IN | 1,504 | $59K | 8.9% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,572 | Lower Mahanoy Township PA | 1,603 | $70K | 5.9% | 0.4% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,573 | Crystal Springs FL | 1,298 | $62K | 12.6% | 6.8% | <1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | 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 Etna Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Etna Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Etna Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etna Township | – | C+ | C | 20 min | $59,048 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 25 min | $74,904 |
| Scott Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 15 min | $86,629 |
| Prairie Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 27 min | $84,333 |
| Bourbon Township | under 2% | B | B | 20 min | $75,804 |
| Tippecanoe Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 38 min | $61,122 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Etna 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 Etna Township: questions
What is the median household income in Etna Township?
$59,048 (±$9,904) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Etna Township?
8.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Etna Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Etna Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (27%, 10 mi), Nappanee (7%, 10 mi), Goshen (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Etna Township walkable?
Etna Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Etna Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Etna Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Etna 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.