Most of French Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns. There are 97 jobs in French Township, against 351 working residents. French Township grades A− for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in French Township, in a few figures
Income, poverty and work: French Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, French Township is better than 77% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds French Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: French 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, French Township could be anywhere from B+ to A−.
How many people are in French Township by day
On a workday 345 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in French Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
13% of working residents work in Monroe Township
Where French Township clocks in
9% 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.
Making and building: 63% of jobs based in French Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in French Township, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 97. 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 French Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
French Township’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of French Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 271 commuters (the 9% 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 French Township goes to work
About 27% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in French Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, French Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place French 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 299 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). 3.1% of French Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of French Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
French Township is 555th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 553 | South Amherst OH | 1,488 | $86K | 6.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A− |
| 554 | Mazomanie WI | 1,058 | $88K | 3.9% | 4.7% | 1% | A− |
| 555 | French Township IN | 1,279 | $105K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| 556 | Brown Township IN | 1,670 | $102K | 4.7% | 0.8% | 2% | A− |
| 557 | Lockport Heights LA | 1,481 | $126K | 7.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 French Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door is work for 13% of French Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | French Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| French Township | – | A− | D− | 23 min | $105,288 |
| Monroe Township | 13% | C+ | B+ | 23 min | $73,894 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 20 min | $61,689 |
| Kirkland Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Hartford Township | under 2% | D | D− | — | $59,848 |
Same-state neighbors only. Kirkland Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Monroe Township. Darker towns draw more of French 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 French Township: questions
What is the median household income in French Township?
$105,288 (±$21,005) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in French Township?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from French Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in French Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monroe Township (13%, 4 mi), Berne (9%, 5 mi), Fort Wayne (9%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is French Township walkable?
French Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around French Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from French Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of French 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.