Haddon Township’s household incomes are lower than in 69% of U.S. towns
15.0% of residents are in poverty, where Indiana as a whole has 12.3%. Haddon Township grades C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. For 3% of workers, the job is at home, against 11% across Indiana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Haddon Township stands out on work
The jobs in Haddon Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
78% of the jobs based in Haddon Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 52% of the jobs Haddon Township residents hold. 93% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Haddon Township. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Haddon Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Haddon Township fell from 1,274 in 2013 to 810 in 2023, −36%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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 943 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Haddon Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Haddon Township is better than 17% of U.S. towns, #549 of 593 in Indiana. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Haddon Township’s grade.
Unemployment (7.0%) is left out: Haddon Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Haddon Township could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Services make up most of the work in Haddon Township
810 jobs are based in Haddon Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Haddon Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,274 → 810. 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 Haddon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Haddon Township to work
About 35% 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.
Haddon Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 883 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 750 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
9% of working residents work in Sullivan
Where Haddon Township clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
How long Haddon Township spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Haddon Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 789 commuters (the 3% 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.
For most of Haddon Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Haddon Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #329 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 814 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). 1.4% of Haddon Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Haddon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,430 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,100, Haddon Township comes 3,741st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 85 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 96 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 137 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,739 | Athens PA | 3,205 | $53K | 12.8% | 9.4% | 8% | C− |
| 3,740 | Bishop TX | 3,040 | $58K | 24.7% | 6.3% | 8% | C− |
| 3,741 | Haddon Township IN | 3,759 | $63K | 15.0% | 7.0% | 6% | C− |
| 3,742 | Hartford AL | 2,801 | $56K | 18.7% | 5.5% | 13% | C− |
| 3,743 | Holbrook AZ | 4,866 | $57K | 19.8% | 3.4% | 42% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,430 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Haddon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns next door employ 10% of Haddon Township
The biggest share goes to Hamilton Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Haddon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haddon Township | – | C− | C+ | 25 min | $62,917 |
| Gill Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Widner Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 26 min | $70,236 |
| Busseron Township | 3% | D | C+ | 21 min | $45,521 |
| Hamilton Township | 7% | C | B | 22 min | $54,885 |
| Cass Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 24 min | $61,285 |
Same-state neighbors only. Gill Township: not graded. Jefferson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Haddon 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 Haddon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Haddon Township?
$62,917 (±$15,227) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Haddon Township?
15.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Haddon Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Haddon Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sullivan (9%, 9 mi), Hamilton Township (7%, 10 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 88 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Haddon Township walkable?
Haddon Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Haddon Township without a car?
1% 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 Haddon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Haddon 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.