Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Flat Rock Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Flat Rock Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D−. Flat Rock Township has 160 jobs for 707 working residents. Only 1% work in Flat Rock Township itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (40%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Flat Rock Township
40% of Flat Rock Township works in Columbus
282 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Columbus, 7.5 miles away. That’s 40 times as many as work in Flat Rock Township itself. The commute map ↓
Flat Rock Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (19 to 31 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Flat Rock Township is a place people come home to
There are 160 jobs based in Flat Rock Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Flat Rock Township has about 1,100 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 707 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Flat Rock Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Flat Rock Township is better than 65% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Flat Rock Township’s grade up ($89,047, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.6%) is left out: Flat Rock 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, Flat Rock Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Where Flat Rock Township’s working residents head each day
Where Flat Rock Township clocks in
40% 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.
From Flat Rock Township, about 41 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flat Rock Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 626 commuters (the 7% 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.
A workday in Flat Rock Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 698 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Flat Rock Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Flat Rock Township works in goods: 39% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flat Rock Township, 2013 → 2023: 103 → 160. 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 Flat Rock Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Flat Rock Township commutes
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 Flat Rock Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Flat Rock Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Flat Rock Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 675 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). 2.4% of Flat Rock Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Flat Rock Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Flat Rock Township places 1,421st of 6,161 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | 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+ |
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| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 117 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 131 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,419 | Stow Creek Township NJ | 1,356 | $105K | 7.8% | 8.4% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,420 | Mexico NY | 1,553 | $73K | 8.1% | 0.9% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,421 | Flat Rock Township IN | 1,641 | $89K | 7.3% | 0.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,422 | Sharon VT | 1,542 | $84K | 3.0% | 2.9% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,423 | Kaaawa HI | 1,328 | $132K | 11.0% | 0.9% | 0% | B+ |
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| 6,161 | 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 Flat Rock Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door to Flat Rock Township
The biggest share goes to Haw Creek Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Flat Rock Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Rock Township | – | B+ | D− | 41 min | $89,047 |
| German Township | under 2% | B− | C | 22 min | $74,608 |
| Haw Creek Township | 2% | A− | C− | 22 min | $86,667 |
| Clay Township | under 2% | A | D | 31 min | $89,688 |
| Columbus Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 23 min | $72,946 |
Same-state neighbors only. Columbus Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Flat Rock 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 Flat Rock Township: questions
What is the median household income in Flat Rock Township?
$89,047 (±$11,290) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flat Rock Township?
7.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flat Rock Township?
41 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flat Rock Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (40%, 8 mi), Indianapolis (8%, 37 mi), Hope (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Flat Rock Township walkable?
Flat Rock Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Flat Rock 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 Flat Rock Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flat Rock 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.