Photo: Mpevans · Public domainAt 9.0%, unemployment in Hanover is higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Hanover are D for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns. About one in ten work in Hanover; the top destination outside it is Madison (26%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hanover, in a few figures
Hanover and Madison trade workers both ways
Madison is the top workplace for Hanover residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Hanover come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Hanover are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Hanover pay little
26% of the jobs based in Hanover pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% 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.
Inside Hanover’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hanover is better than 12% of U.S. towns, #573 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Hanover’s grade up (13.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hanover could be anywhere from D− to C.
The towns that employ Hanover’s residents
Where Hanover clocks in
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.
The daily trip from Hanover: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hanover workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,528 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.
Services make up most of the work in Hanover
1,053 jobs are based in Hanover.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hanover, 2013 → 2023: 998 → 1,053. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hanover
About 32% 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.
A workday in Hanover: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,147 residents head out to work, 142 work right here, and 911 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 (0.82 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Hanover
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hanover is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #62 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 18.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,601 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). 3.2% of Hanover households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hanover’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hanover next to U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200: 3,809th of 4,264 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 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 132 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,807 | Washington Township OH | 5,091 | $45K | 16.3% | 5.8% | 7% | D |
| 3,808 | Johnston City IL | 3,313 | $42K | 17.9% | 8.3% | 8% | D |
| 3,809 | Hanover IN | 3,866 | $54K | 13.1% | 9.0% | 11% | D |
| 3,810 | Greenville KY | 4,350 | $46K | 21.3% | 5.3% | 21% | D |
| 3,811 | Edwardsville PA | 4,927 | $45K | 26.1% | 12.5% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
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: questions
What is the median household income in Hanover?
$53,929 (±$12,943) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hanover?
13.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hanover?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hanover work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (26%, 5 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 82 mi), Madison Township (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hanover walkable?
Hanover is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 18% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hanover without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hanover, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hanover
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.