Galena Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Jobs and income earn Galena Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D. There are 199 jobs in Galena Township, and 714 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Galena Township; the top destination outside it is La Porte (16%, 9 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 Galena Township
Galena Township and La Porte trade workers both ways
La Porte is the top workplace for Galena Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Galena Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Galena Township is a place people come home to
There are 199 jobs based in Galena Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Galena Township has about 1,400 people in it, 27% 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 714 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Galena Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Galena Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Galena Township’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (3.1%) is left out: Galena 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, Galena Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Where Galena Township goes to work
Where Galena Township clocks in
16% of workers
6% 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.
Galena Township by day and by night
On a workday 708 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Galena Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
What Galena Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Galena Township, 2013 → 2023: 285 → 199. 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 Galena Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Galena Township’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Galena Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 757 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.
How far Galena Township’s workers travel
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 Galena Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Galena Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 820 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.5% of Galena Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Galena Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Galena Township places 1,337th of 5,921 on jobs and income among 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+ |
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| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 124 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 177 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,335 | Union Township KS | 1,646 | $82K | 4.4% | 4.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,336 | Greenbriar FL | 2,283 | $73K | 9.6% | 3.6% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,337 | Galena Township IN | 1,918 | $86K | 7.5% | 3.1% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,338 | Center Township IN | 1,453 | $87K | 4.4% | 1.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,339 | Greenbush Township MN | 1,333 | $106K | 8.1% | 2.6% | 1% | 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 Galena Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
How Galena Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Springfield Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Galena Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galena Township | – | B+ | D | 26 min | $86,293 |
| Hudson Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 42 min | $99,669 |
| Springfield Township | 3% | A− | D | 28 min | $85,313 |
| Kankakee Township | under 2% | B | D | 28 min | $109,426 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Galena 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 Galena Township: questions
What is the median household income in Galena Township?
$86,293 (±$32,065) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Galena Township?
7.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Galena Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Galena Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are La Porte (16%, 9 mi), Michigan City (11%, 12 mi), South Bend (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Galena Township walkable?
Galena Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Galena Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Galena Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Galena 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.