Most of Green Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
37 jobs are based in Green Township, against 397 working residents. Green Township grades C for jobs and income and B− 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
The work figures that set Green Township apart
Green Township is a place people come home to
There are 37 jobs based in Green Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Green Township has about 640 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Green Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (24 to 29 minutes). 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 397 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Green Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Green Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Green Township’s grade up ($86,719, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (2.8%) is left out: Green 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, Green Township could be anywhere from D− to A−.
The daily flow of workers through Green Township
On a workday 392 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Green Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Commuting from Green Township: about 34 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 424 commuters (the 3% 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.
16% of working residents work in Muncie
Where Green Township clocks in
16% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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 Green Township, 59% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Township, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 37. 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 Green Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Green Township to work
About 24% 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.
For most of Green Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Green Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 22.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 435 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 Green Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Green Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Green Township ranks 1,788th of 3,133 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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| 53 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 84 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
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| 124 | Long Beach IN | 1,158 | $122K | 3.8% | 2.6% | 2% | A |
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| 1,786 | Eldred Township PA | 1,341 | $74K | 11.1% | 6.7% | 2% | C |
| 1,787 | Edwardsburg MI | 1,286 | $53K | 18.0% | 2.9% | 6% | C |
| 1,788 | Green Township IN | 1,002 | $87K | 20.4% | 2.8% | 1% | C |
| 1,789 | Gibson Township MI | 1,107 | $62K | 6.6% | 3.3% | 1% | C |
| 1,790 | Cleveland Township PA | 1,154 | $72K | 12.7% | 9.5% | 1% | C |
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| 3,133 | 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 Green Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Green Township
The biggest share goes to Monroe Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Township | – | C | B− | 34 min | $86,719 |
| Monroe Township | 4% | C | C | 29 min | $53,571 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | D | C | 24 min | $39,097 |
| Delaware Township | under 2% | B | C | 29 min | $74,032 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | D | B− | 25 min | $50,160 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Green 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 Green Township: questions
What is the median household income in Green Township?
$86,719 (±$48,015) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Township?
20.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muncie (16%, 14 mi), Winchester (10%, 12 mi), Indianapolis (9%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Green Township walkable?
Green Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 23% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Green 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 Green Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green 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.