Salem Methodist Episcopal Church · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Helt Township are lower than in 72% of U.S. towns
10.5% of residents live below the poverty line, against 12.3% across Indiana. Helt Township grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. <1% of workers work from home, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole. Measured by household income, Helt Township is behind 72% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Helt Township
Helt Township makes and builds things
71% of the jobs based in Helt Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Helt Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
Helt Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The jobs in Helt Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
71% of the jobs based in Helt Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 54% of the jobs Helt Township residents hold. 92% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Helt Township. The jobs ↓
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 965 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Helt Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Helt Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Helt Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.7%) is left out: Helt 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, Helt Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
In Helt Township, 71% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
708 jobs are based in Helt Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Helt Township, 2013 → 2023: 205 → 708. 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 Helt Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Helt Township: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Helt Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 895 commuters (the <1% 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.
Helt Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 907 residents head out to work, 58 work right here, and 650 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Helt Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.73 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.
20% of working residents work in Terre Haute
Where Helt Township clocks in
20% of workers
8% of workers
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.
How far Helt Township goes to work
About 27% 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.
Most of Helt Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Helt Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Helt 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 897 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). 2.5% of Helt Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Helt Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Helt Township next to U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,400: 3,846th of 5,401 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 5 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 68 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 188 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 3,844 | Cowarts AL | 2,064 | $64K | 18.5% | 4.6% | 3% | C− |
| 3,845 | Rockport IN | 1,966 | $49K | 13.3% | 3.2% | 13% | C− |
| 3,846 | Helt Township IN | 2,483 | $61K | 10.5% | 5.7% | 6% | C− |
| 3,847 | Union Township IN | 2,553 | $67K | 11.5% | 8.2% | 6% | C− |
| 3,848 | Hanover Township MI | 1,729 | $68K | 11.7% | 1.5% | 4% | C− |
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| 5,401 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Helt Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door is work for 12% of Helt Township
The biggest share goes to Clinton Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Helt Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helt Township | – | C− | D | 37 min | $61,204 |
| Wabash Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Reserve Township | under 2% | D | C− | 24 min | $51,397 |
| Vermillion Township | 4% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Clinton Township | 8% | C− | C+ | 25 min | $57,404 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wabash Township and Vermillion Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Helt 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 Helt Township: questions
What is the median household income in Helt Township?
$61,204 (±$13,739) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Helt Township?
10.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Helt Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Helt Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Terre Haute (20%, 21 mi), Clinton Township (8%, 8 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 70 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Helt Township walkable?
Helt Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Helt 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 Helt Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Helt 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.