Henry Township’s household incomes are lower than in 77% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 17.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana. Henry Township grades C for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in three work in Henry Township; the top destination outside it is New Castle (23%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Henry Township and work: the main findings
Henry Township and New Castle trade workers both ways
New Castle is the top workplace for Henry Township residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Henry Township come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The quickest commute around
Henry Township’s 21-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 24 to 34 minutes. Next door ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Henry Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Henry Township is better than 31% of U.S. towns, #469 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Henry Township’s grade up (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Henry Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Where people from Henry Township work
Where Henry Township clocks in
23% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
Who works in Henry Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 5,556 residents head out to work, 2,709 work right here, and 4,677 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 (0.89 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.
What work there is in Henry Township: 7,386 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Henry Township, 2013 → 2023: 7,463 → 7,386. 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 Henry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Henry Township spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Henry Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,704 commuters (the 9% 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.
How far Henry Township’s workers travel
About 16% 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.
In Henry Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Henry Township is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #101 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Henry 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 9,527 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). 9.6% of Henry Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Henry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Henry Township places 1,510th of 1,847 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 15,000 to 30,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 32 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
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| 40 | St. John IN | 24,841 | $131K | 2.1% | 2.3% | 8% | A+ |
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| 75 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,508 | Park Forest IL | 21,079 | $61K | 17.6% | 8.7% | 3% | C |
| 1,509 | Wayne MI | 17,065 | $59K | 15.7% | 10.3% | 5% | C |
| 1,510 | Henry Township IN | 22,005 | $58K | 17.0% | 4.4% | 33% | C |
| 1,511 | Crawfordsville IN | 16,699 | $55K | 15.2% | 4.4% | 36% | C |
| 1,512 | Southbridge Town MA | 18,105 | $66K | 15.3% | 7.2% | 20% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,847 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Henry Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Henry Township
The biggest share goes to Spiceland Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Henry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Township | – | C | B+ | 21 min | $58,355 |
| Prairie Township | 2% | B+ | D | 29 min | $68,088 |
| Greensboro Township | under 2% | C | D | 34 min | $56,111 |
| Spiceland Township | 4% | B | D | 30 min | $81,643 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | C | D− | 33 min | $71,845 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | A− | C | 24 min | $100,083 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | C | D | 32 min | $67,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Henry 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 Henry Township: questions
What is the median household income in Henry Township?
$58,355 (±$3,447) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Henry Township?
17.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Henry Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Henry Township work?
33% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Castle (23%, 1 mi), Indianapolis (9%, 42 mi), Muncie (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Henry Township walkable?
Henry Township is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Henry Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Henry Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Henry 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.