Households in Greer Township have higher incomes than those in 84% of U.S. towns
Only 5% stay in Greer Township for work; outside it, Evansville is the main destination (30%, 14 miles). Poverty touches 6.0% of residents, against 12.3% across Indiana. Greer Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Greer Township, in brief
Greer Township and Evansville trade workers both ways
Evansville is the top workplace for Greer Township residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Greer Township come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Greer Township makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Greer Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Greer Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
42% of the jobs in Greer Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. 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 870 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Greer Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Greer Township is better than 73% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($111,379, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greer Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Where people from Greer Township work
Where Greer Township clocks in
30% of workers
8% of workers
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 Greer Township, 48% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
505 jobs are based in Greer Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greer Township, 2013 → 2023: 299 → 505. 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 Greer Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Greer Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 828 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 463 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Greer Township on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Greer Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greer Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 894 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 many miles Greer Township commutes
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Greer Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greer Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 987 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). 1.2% of Greer Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greer Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Greer Township is 996th among 5,234 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 994 | New Windsor MD | 1,749 | $111K | 10.7% | 3.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 995 | Guilford Township IL | 1,519 | $116K | 2.7% | 2.2% | 15% | B+ |
| 996 | Greer Township IN | 1,939 | $111K | 6.0% | 4.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 997 | Lecompton Township KS | 1,689 | $96K | 7.9% | 1.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 998 | West Fallowfield Township PA | 2,488 | $93K | 2.6% | 4.7% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Greer Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Greer Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greer Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greer Township | – | B+ | C− | 25 min | $111,379 |
| Barton Township | under 2% | B− | D | 26 min | $62,765 |
| Campbell Township | under 2% | A | C− | 20 min | $121,719 |
| Hart Township | under 2% | B | B− | 25 min | $62,875 |
| Johnson Township | under 2% | A− | B+ | 22 min | $95,673 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Greer 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 Greer Township: questions
What is the median household income in Greer Township?
$111,379 (±$9,187) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greer Township?
6.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greer Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greer Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (30%, 14 mi), Patoka Township (8%, 16 mi), Boonville (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greer Township walkable?
Greer Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greer 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 Greer Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greer 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.