Noah and Hannah Hadley Kellum House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainThere are 2.0 jobs in Guilford Township for every working resident, and 30,318 people commute in
Jobs and income earn Guilford Township B+; getting around on foot earns it B−. Guilford Township has 33,114 jobs for 16,420 working residents. About one in five work in Guilford Township itself; outside it, Indianapolis draws the most (41%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Guilford Township
Much of Guilford Township works one town over
63% of working residents work in a town that borders Guilford Township: Indianapolis (41%), Plainfield (18%) and Avon (4%). Next door ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
60% of the jobs in Guilford Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 28% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Guilford Township is where the jobs are
Guilford Township has 33,114 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 54,000 people are in town, 45% more than the 37,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Guilford Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Guilford Township went from 21,321 in 2013 to 33,114 in 2023, +55%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Guilford Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Guilford Township is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #142 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Guilford Township could be anywhere from B to A.
The kinds of work in Guilford Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Guilford Township, 2013 → 2023: 21,321 → 33,114. 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 Guilford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Guilford Township
On a workday 13,624 residents head out to work and 2,796 work right here.
About 54,000 people are in Guilford Township on a workday afternoon, 45% more than live here.
2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Commuting in to Guilford Township: where workers come from
Where Guilford Township clocks in
41% of workers
18% 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.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Guilford Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Guilford Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13,927 commuters (the 15% 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 Guilford Township’s workers travel
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 Guilford Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Guilford Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns, #267 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 16,320 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). 5.6% of Guilford Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Guilford Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,162 U.S. towns of 26,000 to 50,000, Guilford Township comes 495th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
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| 28 | Zionsville IN | 33,624 | $172K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 9% | A+ |
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| 50 | Perry Township IN | 39,325 | $112K | 3.4% | 1.3% | 16% | A+ |
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| 175 | Brownsburg IN | 34,089 | $102K | 7.5% | 1.6% | 11% | A |
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| 493 | Bella Vista AR | 34,518 | $88K | 3.6% | 4.0% | 6% | B+ |
| 494 | West Lafayette IN | 45,747 | $35K | 37.3% | 4.5% | 35% | B+ |
| 495 | Guilford Township IN | 37,203 | $88K | 7.4% | 4.1% | 17% | B+ |
| 496 | Benicia CA | 26,401 | $121K | 7.6% | 4.5% | 14% | B+ |
| 497 | College Park MD | 35,418 | $70K | 33.2% | 7.1% | 8% | B+ |
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| 1,162 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Guilford Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Bordering towns draw 63% of Guilford Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Guilford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilford Township | – | B+ | B− | 23 min | $87,691 |
| Plainfield | 18% | A− | B | 23 min | $87,272 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | A | D | 31 min | $82,171 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | A | B− | 24 min | $100,090 |
| Indianapolis | 41% | B− | A− | 25 min | $66,307 |
| Brown Township | under 2% | B | B− | 28 min | $70,421 |
| Avon | 4% | A | C+ | 23 min | $98,486 |
| Decatur Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 26 min | $70,206 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Indianapolis. Darker towns draw more of Guilford 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 Guilford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Guilford Township?
$87,691 (±$6,185) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Guilford Township?
7.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Guilford Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Guilford Township work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (41%, 14 mi), Plainfield (18%, 1 mi), Avon (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Guilford Township walkable?
Guilford Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Guilford Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Guilford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Guilford 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.