Most of Graham Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Graham Township report 85 jobs, and 585 of its residents work somewhere. Graham Township grades B for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Graham Township stands out on work
Graham Township is a place people come home to
There are 85 jobs based in Graham Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Graham Township has about 1,100 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Graham Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Graham 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 585 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Graham Township
On income, poverty and job access, Graham Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Graham Township’s grade up (3.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (6.2%) is left out: Graham 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, Graham Township could be anywhere from B− to B+.
How a workday changes Graham Township
On a workday 583 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Graham Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Each way, about 30 minutes from Graham Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Graham Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 581 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.
26% of working residents work in Madison
Where Graham Township clocks in
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.
In Graham Township, 71% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Graham Township, 2013 → 2023: 96 → 85. 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 Graham Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Graham Township commutes
About 29% 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 Graham Township start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 593 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). 0.0% of Graham Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Graham Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Graham Township comes 1,562nd 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 111 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 122 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,560 | Wheatland MT | 1,661 | $123K | 12.9% | 0.0% | 7% | B |
| 1,561 | Brown Township IN | 1,746 | $105K | 5.3% | 8.2% | 1% | B |
| 1,562 | Graham Township IN | 1,585 | $78K | 3.0% | 6.2% | <1% | B |
| 1,563 | Antigo WI | 1,380 | $96K | 5.5% | 1.1% | 5% | B |
| 1,564 | Berry College GA | 1,647 | — | 0.0% | 7.2% | 0% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | 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 Graham Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Graham Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Graham Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Township | – | B | D− | 30 min | $78,292 |
| Johnson Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 22 min | $91,553 |
| Montgomery Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Smyrna Township | under 2% | C | D− | 25 min | $71,250 |
| Lancaster Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 24 min | $79,750 |
| Republican Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 25 min | $97,109 |
| Blocher | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Marion Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 30 min | $83,266 |
| Lexington Township | under 2% | B | D− | 29 min | $76,130 |
Same-state neighbors only. Montgomery Township and Blocher: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Graham 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 Graham Township: questions
What is the median household income in Graham Township?
$78,292 (±$8,044) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Graham Township?
3.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Graham Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Graham Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (26%, 13 mi), Madison Township (7%, 14 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 74 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Graham Township walkable?
Graham Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Graham Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Graham Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Graham 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.