Hensley Township has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 8% work in Hensley Township; the top destination outside it is Indianapolis (30%, 27 miles). Hensley Township has 908 jobs; 1,623 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Hensley Township B+; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Hensley Township stands out on work
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Hensley Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hensley Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns, #187 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Hensley Township’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hensley Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Out of Hensley Township to work: where people go
Where Hensley Township clocks in
30% of workers
15% 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 leaves Hensley Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,499 residents head out to work, 124 work right here, and 784 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Hensley Township on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
Hensley Township works in goods: 29% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hensley Township, 2013 → 2023: 788 → 908. 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 Hensley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Hensley Township, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hensley Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,397 commuters (the 17% 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 Hensley Township’s workers travel
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 Hensley Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hensley Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #277 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,684 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.8% of Hensley Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hensley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Hensley Township is 1,356th of 4,023 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500
| # | 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+ |
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| 82 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,354 | Valparaiso FL | 4,896 | $90K | 3.4% | 4.4% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,355 | Hogansville GA | 3,290 | $63K | 5.7% | 0.0% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,356 | Hensley Township IN | 4,086 | $91K | 2.5% | 6.6% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,357 | Frankenmuth MI | 5,197 | $85K | 4.9% | 4.7% | 33% | B+ |
| 1,358 | Highland Falls NY | 3,631 | $111K | 7.2% | 6.6% | 10% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,023 | 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 Hensley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Hensley Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Nineveh Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hensley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hensley Township | – | B+ | B− | 28 min | $90,525 |
| Nineveh Township | 2% | A− | D | 31 min | $91,477 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 51 min | — |
| Union Township | under 2% | A | D | 29 min | $108,889 |
| Hamblen Township | under 2% | B | C− | 39 min | $87,159 |
| Morgantown | under 2% | C− | C− | 38 min | $54,007 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hensley 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 Hensley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hensley Township?
$90,525 (±$11,416) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hensley Township?
2.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hensley Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hensley Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (30%, 27 mi), Franklin (15%, 10 mi), Greenwood (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hensley Township walkable?
Hensley Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hensley Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hensley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hensley 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.