Jobs and the daily commute in Halbert Township
About one in seven stay in Halbert Township for work; outside it, Jasper is the main destination (18%, 21 miles). Jobs and income earn Halbert Township C−; getting around on foot earns it D. Working residents average 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Halbert Township
Halbert Township makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in Halbert Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Halbert Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
Halbert Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 604 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Halbert Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Halbert Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Halbert Township’s grade up ($70,764, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Halbert 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, Halbert Township could be anywhere from D− to B.
Making and building: 46% of jobs based in Halbert Township
870 jobs are based in Halbert Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Halbert Township, 2013 → 2023: 693 → 870. 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 Halbert Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes to work from Halbert Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Halbert Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 620 commuters (the 12% 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.
Who leaves Halbert Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 511 residents head out to work, 93 work right here, and 777 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Halbert Township on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 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.
Where the trip to work from Halbert Township ends
Where Halbert Township clocks in
18% of workers
8% 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.
How many miles Halbert Township commutes
About 23% 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 Halbert Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Halbert Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Halbert 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 704 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). 2.2% of Halbert Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Halbert Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Halbert Township is 3,796th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 111 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,794 | Fairforest SC | 1,727 | $52K | 28.9% | 0.0% | 3% | C− |
| 3,795 | Dresden OH | 1,646 | $58K | 14.0% | 2.9% | 4% | C− |
| 3,796 | Halbert Township IN | 1,552 | $71K | 12.1% | 0.0% | 15% | C− |
| 3,797 | Fayette ME | 1,277 | $60K | 7.9% | 3.4% | 3% | C− |
| 3,798 | Albion NY | 2,069 | $60K | 9.9% | 13.4% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Halbert Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Halbert Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Shoals (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Halbert Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halbert Township | – | C− | D | 32 min | $70,764 |
| Center Township | under 3% | C− | C | 31 min | $60,529 |
| Shoals | 8% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Mitcheltree Township | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Lost River Township | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Northwest Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Spice Valley Township | under 3% | C | C− | 35 min | $81,667 |
Same-state neighbors only. Shoals, Mitcheltree Township, Lost River Township and Northwest Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Halbert 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 Halbert Township: questions
What is the median household income in Halbert Township?
$70,764 (±$24,856) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Halbert Township?
12.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Halbert Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Halbert Township work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jasper (18%, 21 mi), Shoals (8%, 3 mi), Loogootee (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Halbert Township walkable?
Halbert Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Halbert Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Halbert Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Halbert 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.