With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Greene Township works elsewhere
Only 3% work in Greene Township itself; outside it, South Bend draws the most (34%, 8 miles). Greene Township has 655 jobs, against 1,276 working residents. Jobs and income earn Greene Township B; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Greene Township apart on work
Greene Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (20 to 30 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Greene Township makes and builds things
62% of the jobs based in Greene Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Greene Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Greene Township and South Bend trade workers both ways
South Bend is the top workplace for Greene Township residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Greene Township come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Greene Township pay over $40,000 a year
72% of the jobs based in Greene Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Greene Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Greene Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns, #271 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Greene Township’s grade up (6.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greene Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Time on the road from Greene Township: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greene Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,210 commuters (the 4% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 62% of the jobs in Greene Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greene Township, 2014 → 2024: 571 → 655. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greene Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Greene Township: the destinations
Where Greene Township clocks in
34% of workers
10% of workers
6% 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 a workday changes Greene Township
On a workday 1,242 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 621 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Greene Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Greene Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Greene Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greene Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns, #583 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Greene 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 1,254 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 Greene Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greene Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000, Greene Township comes 1,859th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 73 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 122 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 190 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,857 | Norton KS | 2,651 | $53K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 43% | B |
| 1,858 | Jefferson OH | 3,148 | $53K | 6.5% | 1.5% | 15% | B |
| 1,859 | Greene Township IN | 2,947 | $75K | 6.1% | 5.6% | 3% | B |
| 1,860 | North Sarasota FL | 2,824 | $85K | 8.1% | 7.3% | <1% | B |
| 1,861 | Morrison IL | 3,945 | $69K | 8.1% | 2.3% | 24% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 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 Greene Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Greene Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greene Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greene Township | – | B | D− | 37 min | $74,587 |
| Olive Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 27 min | $78,964 |
| Warren Township | under 2% | A− | D | 21 min | $89,958 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | B | C | 27 min | $76,418 |
| Centre Township | under 2% | A− | C | 21 min | $79,120 |
| Portage Township | under 2% | C− | A | 20 min | $52,872 |
| Union Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 30 min | $76,636 |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 30 min | $105,121 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Greene 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 2024, 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 Greene Township: questions
What is the median household income in Greene Township?
$74,587 (±$14,842) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greene Township?
6.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greene Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greene Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are South Bend (34%, 8 mi), Mishawaka (10%, 12 mi), Elkhart (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Greene Township walkable?
Greene Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greene 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 Greene Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greene Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.