Gibson Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Gibson Township B; getting around on foot earns it D. 33 jobs are based in Gibson Township, against 389 working residents. 2% of workers have no commute at all; Indiana has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Gibson Township at work: what stands out
Gibson Township is a place people come home to
There are 33 jobs based in Gibson Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Gibson Township has about 790 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Gibson 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 Gibson Township workers work from home
Only 2% 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; with 389 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Gibson Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Gibson Township is better than 62% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Gibson Township’s grade up ($100,313, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.2%) is left out: Gibson 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, Gibson Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
In and out of Gibson Township on a workday
On a workday 389 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Gibson Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Gibson 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 Gibson Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 566 commuters (the 2% 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.
10% of working residents work in Salem
Where Gibson Township clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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.
Goods jobs make up 76% of work in Gibson Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gibson Township, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 33. 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 Gibson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Gibson Township’s workers travel
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.
Gibson Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gibson Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 2.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 575 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). 2.6% of Gibson Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gibson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Gibson Township places 838th of 3,771 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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+ |
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| 69 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 108 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
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| 138 | Greenville IN | 1,452 | $135K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
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| 836 | Miamitown OH | 1,169 | $65K | 8.0% | 3.4% | <1% | B |
| 837 | Greene Township IL | 1,401 | $78K | 6.0% | 7.6% | 4% | B |
| 838 | Gibson Township IN | 1,146 | $100K | 7.5% | 2.2% | 0% | B |
| 839 | York WI | 1,034 | $113K | 10.3% | 6.2% | <1% | B |
| 840 | South Newton Township PA | 1,393 | $78K | 6.8% | 1.5% | 1% | B |
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| 3,771 | 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 Gibson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Gibson Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gibson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson Township | – | B | D | 32 min | $100,313 |
| Grassy Fork Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Vernon Township | under 2% | C− | D | 29 min | $64,850 |
| Finley Township | under 2% | B | B | 21 min | $130,735 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | B | D− | 28 min | $71,705 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | D | C | 27 min | $59,083 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grassy Fork Township and Monroe Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gibson 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 Gibson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Gibson Township?
$100,313 (±$33,609) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gibson Township?
7.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gibson Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gibson Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salem (10%, 9 mi), New Albany (8%, 28 mi), Jeffersonville (7%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gibson Township walkable?
Gibson Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gibson 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 Gibson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gibson 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.