Photo: Mpevans · Public domainHanover Township has higher unemployment (6.4%) than 78% of U.S. towns
At home: 4% of workers have no commute at all (Indiana 11%). Jobs and income earn Hanover Township C−; getting around on foot earns it B+. About one in ten work in Hanover Township; the top destination outside it is Madison (27%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Hanover Township in brief
A lot of Hanover Township works one town over
33% of working residents work in a town that borders Hanover Township: Madison (27%) and Madison Township (6%). Next door ↓
Many jobs in Hanover Township pay little
26% of the jobs based in Hanover Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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 ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Hanover Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hanover Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #505 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Hanover Township’s grade up (11.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hanover Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
What work there is in Hanover Township: 1,191 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hanover Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,160 → 1,191. 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 Hanover Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Hanover Township commutes less than 17 miles
About 31% 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.
Hanover Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,745 residents head out to work, 202 work right here, and 989 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Hanover Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where Hanover Township’s working residents head each day
Where Hanover Township clocks in
9% 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.
From Hanover Township, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hanover Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,417 commuters (the 5% 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 Hanover Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hanover Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #113 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,532 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). 1.7% of Hanover Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hanover Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Hanover Township ranks: 2,756th of 3,476 U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 79 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,754 | Richland Township IN | 4,714 | $68K | 13.3% | 5.2% | 16% | C− |
| 2,755 | Mountain Grove MO | 4,754 | $37K | 17.8% | 1.0% | 24% | C− |
| 2,756 | Hanover Township IN | 5,695 | $66K | 11.4% | 6.4% | 10% | C− |
| 2,757 | Sugar Creek Township IN | 7,177 | $56K | 14.5% | 5.5% | 6% | C− |
| 2,758 | Slaton TX | 5,684 | $57K | 15.7% | 6.7% | 13% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,476 | 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 Hanover Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door is work for 33% of Hanover Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hanover Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Township | – | C− | B+ | 20 min | $66,019 |
| Saluda Township | under 2% | B | D− | 31 min | $77,813 |
| Republican Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 25 min | $97,109 |
| Madison Township | 6% | C | B− | 20 min | $61,237 |
| Madison | 27% | C− | B | 19 min | $61,183 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Madison. Darker towns draw more of Hanover 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 Hanover Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hanover Township?
$66,019 (±$15,540) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hanover Township?
11.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hanover Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hanover Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (27%, 6 mi), Hanover (9%, 1 mi), Madison Township (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hanover Township walkable?
Hanover Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hanover 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 Hanover Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hanover 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.