With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Hall Township works elsewhere
There are 192 jobs in Hall Township, and 614 of its residents work somewhere. Hall Township grades B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 3% of workers have no commute at all (Indiana 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Hall Township
30% of Hall Township works in Jasper
183 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Jasper, 11 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in Hall Township itself. The commute map ↓
Hall Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 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 614 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Hall Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Hall Township is better than 55% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Hall Township’s grade up ($91,047, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Hall 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, Hall Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
30% of working residents work in Jasper
Where Hall Township clocks in
30% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
The trip to work from Hall Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hall Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 770 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.
In and out of Hall Township on a workday
On a workday 595 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 173 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 people are in Hall Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Hall Township makes things: 40% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hall Township, 2013 → 2023: 193 → 192. 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 Hall Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Hall Township’s workers travel
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.
Driving is how Hall Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hall Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 793 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 Hall Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hall Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Hall Township ranks 1,442nd of 4,866 on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 85 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 93 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,440 | Monroeville IN | 1,355 | $56K | 4.5% | 2.7% | 5% | B− |
| 1,441 | Granger TX | 1,228 | $73K | 11.2% | 6.5% | 2% | B− |
| 1,442 | Hall Township IN | 1,249 | $91K | 6.8% | 0.0% | 3% | B− |
| 1,443 | Caledonia WI | 1,489 | $98K | 14.2% | 2.2% | 2% | B− |
| 1,444 | Louisville Township KS | 1,122 | $68K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Hall Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Hall Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hall Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall Township | – | B− | C− | 29 min | $91,047 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 17 min | $79,667 |
| Columbia Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | C− | C | 31 min | $66,875 |
| Schnellville | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Dubois | 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Jackson Township | 2% | A− | C+ | 29 min | $109,890 |
Same-state neighbors only. Columbia Township, Schnellville and Dubois: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Dubois. Darker towns draw more of Hall 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 Hall Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hall Township?
$91,047 (±$2,447) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hall Township?
6.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hall Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hall Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jasper (30%, 11 mi), Ferdinand (9%, 14 mi), Huntingburg (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hall Township walkable?
Hall Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hall 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 Hall Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hall 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.