Most of Fugit Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Fugit Township is ahead of 72% of U.S. towns. 125 jobs are based in Fugit Township; 887 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Fugit Township are B+ 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 Fugit Township, in a few figures
Fugit Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 49 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 376 hours of commuting, 192 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fugit Township and Greensburg trade workers both ways
Greensburg is the top workplace for Fugit Township residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Fugit Township come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fugit Township is a place people come home to
There are 125 jobs based in Fugit Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fugit Township has about 1,100 people in it, 40% 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 887 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Fugit Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Fugit Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Fugit Township’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Fugit Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Fugit Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
About 49 minutes each way, longer than most of Indiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fugit Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 717 commuters (the 8% 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.
34% of working residents work in Greensburg
Where Fugit Township clocks in
7% 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.
How many people are in Fugit Township by day
On a workday 878 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Fugit Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
Goods, not services: 34% of the jobs in Fugit Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fugit Township, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 125. 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 Fugit Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Fugit Township
About 15% 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.
Most trips from Fugit Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fugit Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Fugit 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 779 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). 7.0% of Fugit Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fugit Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Fugit Township is 1,333rd among 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 177 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,331 | Ravenna MI | 1,409 | $78K | 6.3% | 3.4% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,332 | Chapin SC | 1,945 | $80K | 7.5% | 2.6% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,333 | Fugit Township IN | 1,894 | $94K | 2.9% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,334 | Cotton Township IN | 1,856 | $74K | 1.6% | 1.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,335 | Union Township KS | 1,646 | $82K | 4.4% | 4.1% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | 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 Fugit Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door to Fugit Township
The biggest share goes to Washington Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fugit Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fugit Township | – | B+ | D− | 49 min | $93,667 |
| Clinton Township | 1% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Ray Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 32 min | $90,481 |
| Washington Township | 7% | B− | B− | 18 min | $63,989 |
| Saltcreek Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 22 min | $111,090 |
| Salt Creek Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 29 min | $62,396 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Posey Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 50 min | $52,440 |
Same-state neighbors only. Clinton Township and Richland Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fugit 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 Fugit Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fugit Township?
$93,667 (±$48,503) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fugit Township?
2.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fugit Township?
49 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fugit Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greensburg (34%, 9 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 50 mi), Batesville (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fugit Township walkable?
Fugit Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fugit Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fugit Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fugit 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.