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Jobs & commute in Green Township

Green Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

For jobs and income Green Township is better than 37% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). Green Township has 30 jobs for 521 working residents. 20% of workers have no commute at all, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

Work in Green Township: the figures worth knowing

Green Township is a place people come home to

There are 30 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 820 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Green Township and Richmond trade workers both ways

Richmond is the top workplace for Green Township residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Green Township come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓

A lot of Green Township works from home

21% of Green Township workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. 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 521 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

Jobs & income grade

Why Green Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does

All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Green Township’s grade.

Household income $72,361 (±$26,082) · IN $71,957 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 45% of U.S. towns
Poverty 11.8% · IN 12.3% · U.S. 12.5%Lower than 40% of U.S. towns
Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 37% of U.S. towns

Unemployment (1.1%) is left out: Green Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.

DB+

A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Green Township could be anywhere from D to B+.

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

★ What stands out · Day and night

Green Township by day and by night

On a workday 519 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.

519live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
28work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,300
Workday820
1,300live here− 520head out to work+ 28come in to work= 820on a workday

About 820 people are in Green Township on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.06jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

30% of working residents work in Richmond

Greens ForkFountain City: 8 residents work here (2%)Center PointHagerstown: 29 residents work here (6%)BrookvilleWinchester: 7 residents work here (1%)New Castle: 14 residents work here (3%)Connersville: 7 residents work here (1%)Richmond: 156 residents work here (30%)Muncie: 12 residents work here (2%)Fort Wayne: 9 residents work here (2%)Clay TownshipPerry TownshipGreen TownshipWayne TownshipCenter TownshipWebster TownshipWashington TownshipNew Garden TownshipJackson Township: 9 residents work here (2%)Henry TownshipIndianapolis: 41 residents work here (8%)RichmondIndianapolisHagerstownNew CastleMuncieFort WayneGreen Township
1
Richmond10.8 mi away
30%156
2
Indianapolis61.9 mi away
8%41
3
Hagerstown8.6 mi away
6%29
4
New Castle19.6 mi away
3%14
5
Muncie26.3 mi away
2%12
6
Fort Wayne78.1 mi away
2%9
7
Jackson Township12.9 mi away
2%9
8
Fountain City4.5 mi away
2%8
9
Winchester14.5 mi away
1%7
10
Connersville22.3 mi away
1%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%229
The top trips

Where Green Township clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Green Township’s commute takes about 30 minutes

A year of commuting
232 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Green Township30 min
Indiana24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
21%

of Green Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Green Township gets to work
60%Drive alone
33%Carpool
7%Other

Share of the 547 commuters (the 20% 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.

The jobs

67% of the jobs in Green Township pay over $3,333 a month

Jobs based in Green TownshipJobs Green Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms27%31%
Trade, transport & utilities60%20%
Services: health, schools, offices13%49%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less13%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%26%
Over $3,333 a month67%59%

Who does it

29 or younger27%23%
30 to 5433%50%
55 and older40%26%
+131%

Jobs based in Green Township, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 30. 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.

How far

How far Green Township’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRichmond: 30% · 10.8 miIndianapolis: 8% · 61.9 miHagerstown: 6% · 8.6 miNew Castle: 3% · 19.6 miMuncie: 2% · 26.3 miFort Wayne: 2% · 78.1 miJackson Township: 2% · 12.9 miFountain City: 2% · 4.5 miWinchester: 1% · 14.5 miConnersville: 1% · 22.3 miRichmond 30%Indianapolis 8%Hagerstown 6%Muncie 2%Green Township
Green TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
29%Under 10 mi152 residents
30%10–24 mi154 residents
13%25–50 mi66 residents
29%Over 50 mi149 residents

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.

Getting around · Walkability grade

Few in Green Township walk, bike or ride to work

On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Green Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Green Township near the same point nationally.

EPA walkability index 2.3 of 20 · typical IN town 5.6 · U.S. 6.9Near the bottom of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 0.0% of commuters · IN 3.3% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 7% of U.S. towns
D−D−

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 688 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). 17.5% 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.

Towns its size

For jobs and income, Green Township is 2,651st of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800

#TownPeopleHousehold incomePovertyUnemploymentWork in townGrade
1Somerset MD1,151$250K1.9%2.3%<1%A+
2Bellerose NY1,169$232K1.6%6.1%1%A+
3Baxter Estates NY1,014$154K1.0%3.1%1%A+
…
8Meridian Hills IN1,800$212K0.8%3.6%2%A+
…
95Galena IN1,549$128K1.8%4.8%<1%A+
…
103Ogden Dunes IN1,163$117K3.9%2.6%5%A+
…
2,649Kingstown MD1,713$94K19.7%3.2%1%C+
2,650Leesburg OH1,280$77K10.0%1.1%4%C+
2,651Green Township IN1,308$72K11.8%1.1%<1%C+
2,652Ward Township IN1,033$73K9.6%2.9%3%C+
2,653Coitsville Township OH1,234$59K13.9%9.7%3%C+
…
5,400Oglala SD1,071$21K68.8%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.

Next door

How Green Township compares with the towns next door

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Webster Township17 min
Center Township21 min
Clay Township22 min
New Garden Township22 min
Washington Township26 min
Perry Township29 min
Green Township30 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownGreen Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Green Township–C+D−30 min$72,361
Clay Townshipunder 2%B−C22 min$74,500
Perry Townshipunder 2%——29 min—
Webster Townshipunder 2%B+D−17 min$85,246
New Garden Townshipunder 2%BB−22 min$73,714
Washington Townshipunder 2%CC+26 min$58,750
Center Townshipunder 2%C+C−21 min$68,821

Same-state neighbors only. Perry Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Green Township: questions

What is the median household income in Green Township?

$72,361 (±$26,082) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Green Township?

11.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Green Township?

30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Green Township work?

<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (30%, 11 mi), Indianapolis (8%, 62 mi), Hagerstown (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Is Green Township walkable?

Green Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.

Can you get around Green Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 18% 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.

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Beyond the commute

More of Green Township

Green Township home →

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.