Photo: Vince123 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Howard Township works elsewhere
Howard Township has 36 jobs, and 555 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Howard Township are B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. For 31% of workers, the job is at home, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Howard Township
Howard Township is a place people come home to
There are 36 jobs based in Howard Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Howard Township has about 700 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Howard Township and Salem trade workers both ways
Salem is the top workplace for Howard Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Howard Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Howard Township
31% of Howard Township workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. 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; with 555 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Howard Township
On income, poverty and job access, Howard Township is better than 65% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Howard Township’s grade up (0.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Howard Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Howard Township could be anywhere from B− to B+.
How many people are in Howard Township by day
On a workday 553 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Howard Township on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
16% of working residents work in Salem
Where Howard Township clocks in
16% of workers
8% 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.
About 25 minutes each way, about the IN average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Howard Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 265 commuters (the 31% 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: 94% of jobs based in Howard Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Howard Township, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 36. 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 Howard Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Howard Township
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.
The commute in Howard Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Howard Township is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 12.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 386 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). 5.9% of Howard Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Howard Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Howard Township is 888th among 4,312 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 75 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 886 | Elverson PA | 1,396 | $78K | 9.4% | 2.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 887 | Palestine Township IL | 1,115 | $77K | 5.6% | 8.1% | <1% | B+ |
| 888 | Howard Township IN | 1,220 | $96K | 0.4% | 0.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 889 | Stow Creek Township NJ | 1,356 | $105K | 7.8% | 8.4% | 4% | B+ |
| 890 | Mexico NY | 1,553 | $73K | 8.1% | 0.9% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Howard Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
How Howard Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Vernon Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Howard Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Township | – | B+ | B− | 25 min | $95,938 |
| Washington Township | 3% | D | C | 27 min | $59,083 |
| Posey Township | under 2% | D− | C− | 43 min | $43,100 |
| Vernon Township | 4% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Madison Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Pierce Township | under 2% | C− | D | 31 min | $57,344 |
Same-state neighbors only. Vernon Township and Madison Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Howard 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 Howard Township: questions
What is the median household income in Howard Township?
$95,938 (±$27,925) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Howard Township?
0.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Howard Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Howard Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salem (16%, 8 mi), New Albany (8%, 24 mi), Jeffersonville (6%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Howard Township walkable?
Howard Township is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Howard Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Howard Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Howard 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.