Evansville draws more than half of German Township’s working residents
The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average, next to 24 for Indiana and 26 for the U.S. For jobs and income German Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 3% work in German Township; the top destination outside it is Evansville (55%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: German Township in brief
More than half of German Township works in Evansville
1,884 working residents, 55%, have their main job in Evansville, 7.1 miles away. That’s 18 times as many as work in German Township itself. The commute map ↓
Most German Township residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
German Township is a place people come home to
There are 948 jobs based in German Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday German Township has about 5,000 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.
The four measures behind German Township’s grade
The poverty rate holds German Township’s grade up (6.0%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, German Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Where German Township goes to work
Where German Township clocks in
55% of workers
3% 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.
Half of German Township commutes less than 8 miles
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.
How many people are in German Township by day
On a workday 3,342 residents head out to work, 98 work right here, and 850 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,000 people are in German Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
German Township makes things: 31% of its jobs are in goods
948 jobs are based in German Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in German Township, 2013 → 2023: 830 → 948. 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 German Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from German Township: 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 German Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,886 commuters (the 6% 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.
In German Township, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,056 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). 3.3% of German Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of German Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,522nd of 3,125: where German Township ranks among U.S. towns of 5,200 to 10,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 80 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 126 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 175 | New Whiteland IN | 5,937 | $90K | 3.3% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,520 | Steilacoom WA | 6,648 | $101K | 11.1% | 6.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,521 | Blackhawk Township IL | 9,423 | $65K | 12.3% | 2.2% | 14% | B |
| 1,522 | German Township IN | 7,491 | $81K | 6.0% | 5.9% | 3% | B |
| 1,523 | Georges Township PA | 6,092 | $90K | 12.2% | 2.5% | 10% | B |
| 1,524 | Broadview Park FL | 7,119 | $74K | 18.8% | 3.4% | 2% | B |
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| 3,125 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 German Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door to German Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | German Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German Township | – | B | C− | 23 min | $81,346 |
| Perry Township | 3% | B | B | 19 min | $66,340 |
| Robinson Township | under 1% | A− | C+ | 26 min | $98,135 |
| Armstrong Township | under 1% | B | C− | 27 min | $85,714 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Perry Township. Darker towns draw more of German 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 German Township: questions
What is the median household income in German Township?
$81,346 (±$12,991) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in German Township?
6.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from German Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in German Township work?
3% work in town.
Is German Township walkable?
German Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around German 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 German Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of German 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.