A job hub: Grass Township has 1.8 jobs per working resident, and 934 people come in to work
956 jobs are based in Grass Township for 537 working residents. Grass Township grades C for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Measured by household income, Grass Township is behind 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Grass Township in brief
Grass Township is where the jobs are
Grass Township has 956 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
The jobs in Grass Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
87% of the jobs based in Grass Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 55% of the jobs Grass Township residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Grass Township. The jobs ↓
Grass Township makes and builds things
62% of the jobs based in Grass Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Grass Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 34%. The jobs ↓
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 537 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Grass Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Grass Township is better than 30% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Grass Township’s grade up (9.2%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($54,549, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Grass 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, Grass Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Who commutes out of Grass Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 515 residents head out to work and 22 work right here.
About 1,500 people are in Grass Township on a workday afternoon, 37% more 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 jobs make up 62% of work in Grass Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grass Township, 2013 → 2023: 818 → 956. 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 Grass Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Grass Township
Where Grass Township clocks in
14% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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 long Grass Township spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grass Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 412 commuters (the 9% 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 it is to work from Grass 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.
Few in Grass Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Grass Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Grass 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 453 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). 0.7% of Grass Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Grass Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Grass Township ranks 2,083rd of 3,771 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 | 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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| 2,081 | Lake Tomahawk WI | 1,162 | $70K | 7.9% | 3.2% | 3% | C |
| 2,082 | Atwood IL | 1,100 | $62K | 9.4% | 5.5% | 2% | C |
| 2,083 | Grass Township IN | 1,120 | $55K | 9.2% | 2.3% | 4% | C |
| 2,084 | Brighton NY | 1,167 | $66K | 6.8% | 7.0% | 6% | C |
| 2,085 | Penn Township PA | 1,194 | $70K | 8.3% | 4.9% | 8% | C |
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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 Grass Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Grass Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grass Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grass Township | – | C | D− | 28 min | $54,549 |
| Skelton Township | under 3% | C+ | D− | 27 min | $84,375 |
| Boon Township | under 3% | B | C+ | 24 min | $78,464 |
| Hammond Township | under 3% | A− | C | 29 min | $83,565 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Luce Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 23 min | $62,241 |
| Ohio Township | under 3% | B | B | 24 min | $76,125 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grass 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 Grass Township: questions
What is the median household income in Grass Township?
$54,549 (±$15,205) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grass Township?
9.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grass Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grass Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (14%, 25 mi), Jasper (8%, 28 mi), Ferdinand (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Grass Township walkable?
Grass Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grass Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grass Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grass 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.