Photo: Nyttend · Public domainGuthrie Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 75 jobs in Guthrie Township for 546 working residents. Jobs and income earn Guthrie Township C+; getting around on foot earns it D−. 0% of workers work from home, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Guthrie Township and work: the main findings
Guthrie Township is a place people come home to
There are 75 jobs based in Guthrie Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Guthrie Township has about 850 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Guthrie Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (23 to 30 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Few Guthrie Township workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 546 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Guthrie Township
On income, poverty and job access, Guthrie Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Guthrie Township’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Guthrie Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Guthrie Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
Guthrie Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 538 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in Guthrie 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.
The daily trip from Guthrie Township: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Guthrie Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 402 commuters (the 0% 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.
21% of working residents work in Bedford
Where Guthrie Township clocks in
21% of workers
13% 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.
Guthrie Township makes things: 87% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Guthrie Township, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 75. 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 Guthrie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Guthrie Township commutes
About 20% 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.
Few in Guthrie Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Guthrie Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Guthrie 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 402 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 Guthrie Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Guthrie Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Guthrie Township places 2,460th of 5,400 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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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| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 95 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 103 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 2,458 | Velva ND | 1,046 | $83K | 8.2% | 1.6% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,459 | New Salem ND | 1,082 | $70K | 6.9% | 2.1% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,460 | Guthrie Township IN | 1,316 | $60K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,461 | Batavia Township MI | 1,332 | $61K | 5.8% | 2.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,462 | Webb AL | 1,340 | $55K | 7.9% | 4.8% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Guthrie Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Guthrie Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Shawswick Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Guthrie Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guthrie Township | – | C+ | D− | 39 min | $60,144 |
| Shawswick Township | 3% | C+ | B− | 27 min | $60,354 |
| Bono Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Brown Township | under 2% | D− | C+ | 29 min | $41,132 |
| Marion Township | 3% | D | C+ | 23 min | $51,262 |
| Pleasant Run Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 30 min | $76,563 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bono Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Guthrie 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 Guthrie Township: questions
What is the median household income in Guthrie Township?
$60,144 (±$23,918) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Guthrie Township?
2.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Guthrie Township?
39 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Guthrie Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bedford (21%, 9 mi), Bloomington (13%, 27 mi), Mitchell (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Guthrie Township walkable?
Guthrie Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Guthrie 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 Guthrie Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Guthrie 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.