Most of Floyd Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers; Indiana has 11%. Floyd Township has 197 jobs for 2,146 working residents. For jobs and income Floyd Township is better than 46% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Floyd Township at work: what stands out
Floyd Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Floyd Township is Indianapolis, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (578) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Floyd Township is a place people come home to
There are 197 jobs based in Floyd Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Floyd Township has about 2,300 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Floyd Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Floyd Township workers work from home
Only 3% 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.
How Floyd Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Floyd Township’s grade up ($88,442, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Floyd Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Where in the region Floyd Township works
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.
A workday in Floyd Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,084 residents head out to work, 62 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Floyd Township on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Floyd Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Floyd Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,086 commuters (the 3% 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.
27% of working residents work in Indianapolis
Where Floyd Township clocks in
27% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 39% of the jobs in Floyd Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Floyd Township, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 197. 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 Floyd Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Floyd Township, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,149 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). 5.3% of Floyd Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Floyd Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Floyd Township is 2,271st of 4,039 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 90 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 99 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 132 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 2,269 | Flagler Estates FL | 4,321 | $76K | 11.4% | 2.5% | 1% | B− |
| 2,270 | Louisburg KS | 5,299 | $69K | 9.7% | 5.9% | 9% | B− |
| 2,271 | Floyd Township IN | 4,276 | $88K | 10.9% | 4.8% | 3% | B− |
| 2,272 | St. Marys Township KS | 4,018 | $82K | 8.7% | 5.1% | 34% | B− |
| 2,273 | Marbletown NY | 5,759 | $114K | 11.7% | 5.7% | 12% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Floyd Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Floyd Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Floyd Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Township | – | B− | D− | 32 min | $88,442 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | B− | D | 34 min | $82,083 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 31 min | $107,891 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Marion Township | under 2% | A | D | 34 min | $106,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Floyd 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 Floyd Township: questions
What is the median household income in Floyd Township?
$88,442 (±$6,383) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Floyd Township?
10.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Floyd Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Floyd Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (27%, 31 mi), Greencastle (9%, 9 mi), Danville (8%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Floyd Township walkable?
Floyd Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Floyd Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Floyd Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Floyd 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.