Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHenry Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
About one in ten stay in Henry Township for work; outside it, Warsaw is the main destination (19%, 19 miles). Henry Township has 530 jobs; 1,125 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Henry Township B−; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Henry Township: the gist
Henry Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Henry Township makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Henry Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Henry Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 40%. The jobs ↓
Few Henry Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
The figures behind Henry Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Henry Township is better than 45% of U.S. towns, #368 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Henry Township’s grade up (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Henry Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
About 34 minutes each way for Henry Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 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 1,283 commuters (the 4% 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.
Making and building: 51% of jobs based in Henry Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Henry Township, 2013 → 2023: 599 → 530. 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.
A workday in Henry Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 998 residents head out to work, 127 work right here, and 403 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Henry Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 Henry Township goes to work
Where Henry Township clocks in
19% 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.
How many miles Henry Township commutes
About 24% 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 trips from Henry Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Henry Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #346 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 1,330 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). 2.7% of Henry Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Henry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000, Henry Township ranks 2,455th of 4,618 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 73 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 122 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 190 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,453 | Valley Forge TN | 2,136 | $55K | 15.1% | 1.9% | <1% | B− |
| 2,454 | Morganfield KY | 3,102 | $66K | 15.9% | 0.4% | 22% | B− |
| 2,455 | Henry Township IN | 2,994 | $80K | 14.3% | 2.8% | 11% | B− |
| 2,456 | Ashland Township MI | 2,861 | $68K | 9.4% | 3.3% | 1% | B− |
| 2,457 | Lake Edward Township MN | 2,234 | $82K | 6.7% | 5.2% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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.
Work in the towns next to Henry Township
The biggest share goes to Rochester Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Henry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Township | – | B− | C+ | 34 min | $79,539 |
| Rochester Township | 2% | D | A− | 20 min | $59,577 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | C− | B | 24 min | $68,750 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 25 min | $73,011 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Allen Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Perry Township and Allen Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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?
$79,539 (±$14,777) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Henry Township?
14.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Henry Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Henry Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (19%, 19 mi), Rochester (10%, 8 mi), Akron (8%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Henry Township walkable?
Henry Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Henry Township 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 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.