Most of Hart Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% stay in Hart Township for work; outside it, Evansville is the main destination (31%, 18 miles). Hart Township has 120 jobs; 782 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Hart Township are B for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hart Township at work: what stands out
Hart Township is a place people come home to
There are 120 jobs based in Hart Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hart Township has about 970 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
31% of Hart Township works in Evansville
241 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Evansville, 18 miles away. That’s 16 times as many as work in Hart Township itself. The commute map ↓
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 782 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Hart Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Hart Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Hart Township’s grade up (4.4%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($62,875, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (4.9%) is left out: Hart 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, Hart Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
How many people are in Hart Township by day
On a workday 765 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Hart Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
Where Hart Township’s working residents head each day
Where Hart Township clocks in
31% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Hart Township: what the 120 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hart Township, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 120. 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 Hart Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Hart Township, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hart Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 793 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.
Where in the region Hart Township works
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.
The commute in Hart Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hart Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.2% 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 820 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). 0.8% of Hart Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hart Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hart Township is 1,823rd among 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,821 | Delaware City DE | 1,939 | $85K | 6.4% | 7.5% | 4% | B |
| 1,822 | Mount Pulaski Township IL | 2,018 | $73K | 5.9% | 2.2% | 14% | B |
| 1,823 | Hart Township IN | 1,636 | $63K | 4.4% | 4.9% | 2% | B |
| 1,824 | Iowa Township KS | 1,463 | $98K | 6.1% | 2.4% | 13% | B |
| 1,825 | Wakeshma Township MI | 1,331 | $78K | 6.9% | 12.0% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | 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 Hart Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Hart Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Greer Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hart Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hart Township | – | B | B− | 25 min | $62,875 |
| Lane Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Campbell Township | under 2% | A | C− | 20 min | $121,719 |
| Boon Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 24 min | $78,464 |
| Barton Township | under 2% | B− | D | 26 min | $62,765 |
| Owen Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Greer Township | 4% | B+ | C− | 25 min | $111,379 |
| Lynnville | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lane Township, Monroe Township, Owen Township and Lynnville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hart 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 Hart Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hart Township?
$62,875 (±$22,529) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hart Township?
4.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hart 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 Hart Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (31%, 18 mi), Patoka Township (9%, 19 mi), Boonville (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hart Township walkable?
Hart Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hart Township without a car?
0% 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 Hart Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hart 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.