With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Fall Creek Township works elsewhere
Fall Creek Township grades B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 940 jobs are based in Fall Creek Township, against 1,662 working residents. About one in ten stay in Fall Creek Township for work; outside it, Anderson is the main destination (19%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Fall Creek Township, in brief
Fall Creek Township and Anderson trade workers both ways
Anderson is the top workplace for Fall Creek Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Fall Creek Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fall Creek Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (24 to 28 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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: Fall Creek Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fall Creek Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #181 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Fall Creek Township’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($69,350, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fall Creek Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Commuting out of Fall Creek Township: the destinations
Where Fall Creek Township clocks in
19% of workers
9% 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.
About 31 minutes each way for Fall Creek Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fall Creek Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,846 commuters (the 10% 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.
Who leaves Fall Creek Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,472 residents head out to work, 190 work right here, and 750 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Fall Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 15% 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 2024, primary jobs.
What Fall Creek Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fall Creek Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,243 → 940. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fall Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Fall Creek Township’s workers travel
About 16% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Fall Creek Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fall Creek Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #261 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, the same share as across Indiana, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,051 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). 1.0% of Fall Creek Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Fall Creek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300, Fall Creek Township ranks 1,287th of 3,798 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 90 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 8% | A+ |
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| 127 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 131 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,285 | Middleville MI | 4,407 | $74K | 7.7% | 3.1% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,286 | Aldan PA | 4,253 | $75K | 8.9% | 4.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,287 | Fall Creek Township IN | 4,685 | $69K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,288 | Turner ME | 6,127 | $100K | 3.0% | 4.2% | 13% | B+ |
| 1,289 | Washington NY | 4,502 | $102K | 6.7% | 3.4% | 14% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Fall Creek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Fall Creek Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fall Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Creek Township | – | B+ | B− | 31 min | $69,350 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | A− | C | 24 min | $100,083 |
| Salem Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 28 min | $70,406 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B− | C | 24 min | $56,141 |
| Adams Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 27 min | $82,500 |
| Union Township | under 2% | B | C− | 24 min | $75,795 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fall Creek 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 2024, 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 Fall Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fall Creek Township?
$69,350 (±$10,057) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fall Creek Township?
6.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fall Creek Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fall Creek Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Anderson (19%, 9 mi), Indianapolis (9%, 37 mi), Muncie (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Fall Creek Township walkable?
Fall Creek Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fall Creek Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fall Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fall Creek Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.