Fall Creek Meeting House · Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Fall Creek Township have higher incomes than those in 69% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Fall Creek Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (C+). 7.5% of residents are in poverty (Indiana 12.3%). Working residents average 24 minutes each way, about the same as across Indiana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Fall Creek Township apart
Why Fall Creek Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car holds Fall Creek Township’s grade up (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fall Creek Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Fall Creek Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Who leaves Fall Creek Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 5,010 residents head out to work, 789 work right here, and 6,520 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 (1.26 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
21% of working residents work in Indianapolis
Where Fall Creek Township clocks in
21% of workers
13% 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.
65% of the jobs in Fall Creek Township pay over $3,333 a month
7,309 jobs are based in Fall Creek Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fall Creek Township, 2014 → 2024: 7,682 → 7,309. 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.
About 24 minutes to work from Fall Creek Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 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 5,354 commuters (the 16% 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.
Few in Fall Creek Township walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,358 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). 1.8% of Fall Creek Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Fall Creek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,050th of 2,220: where Fall Creek Township ranks among U.S. towns of 11,000 to 22,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 49 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
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| 84 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
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| 96 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,048 | Parma NY | 16,051 | $94K | 8.1% | 4.9% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,049 | Ridgefield WA | 16,132 | $116K | 5.6% | 6.9% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,050 | Fall Creek Township IN | 16,225 | $91K | 7.5% | 5.1% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,051 | Van Buren NY | 14,038 | $74K | 8.5% | 3.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,052 | Commerce CA | 11,688 | $77K | 12.4% | 3.9% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,220 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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.
Work next door: 21% of Fall Creek Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Anderson (13%).
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+ | C+ | 24 min | $90,726 |
| Green Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 32 min | $96,875 |
| Adams Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 27 min | $82,500 |
| Anderson Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Anderson | 13% | C− | B+ | 25 min | $46,909 |
| Ingalls | under 2% | B− | C | 31 min | $74,236 |
| Pendleton | 8% | B | A− | 24 min | $86,806 |
| Green Township | under 2% | A− | D | 27 min | $82,090 |
| Stony Creek Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 27 min | $79,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Anderson Township: not graded. 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?
$90,726 (±$6,994) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fall Creek Township?
7.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fall Creek Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fall Creek Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (21%, 27 mi), Anderson (13%, 7 mi), Pendleton (8%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Fall Creek Township walkable?
Fall Creek Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fall Creek Township without a car?
<1% 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 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.