Households in Huff Township earn more than those in 91% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Huff Township; the top destination outside it is Evansville (10%, 37 miles). 1.1% of residents are in poverty (Indiana 12.3%). The two grades for Huff Township are A− for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Huff Township
Why Huff Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Huff Township is better than 80% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Huff Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Huff 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, Huff Township could be anywhere from B+ to A−.
How far Huff Township’s workers travel
About 18% 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 daily commute in and out of Huff Township
On a workday 415 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere.
About 810 people are in Huff Township on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.44 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.
Where people from Huff Township work
Where Huff Township clocks in
10% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 48% of the jobs in Huff Township
186 jobs are based in Huff Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Huff Township, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 186. 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 Huff Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Huff Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Huff Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 634 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.
For most of Huff Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Huff Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Huff 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 694 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). 7.3% of Huff Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Huff Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Huff Township places 274th of 3,133 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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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| 53 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 84 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
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| 124 | Long Beach IN | 1,158 | $122K | 3.8% | 2.6% | 2% | A |
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| 272 | Milford WI | 1,108 | $88K | 4.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A− |
| 273 | Mitchell WI | 1,293 | $97K | 2.7% | 7.2% | 4% | A− |
| 274 | Huff Township IN | 1,046 | $128K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| 275 | Johnson Township IN | 1,244 | $114K | 1.5% | 2.3% | <1% | A− |
| 276 | Orange Township PA | 1,184 | $97K | 3.3% | 1.6% | 1% | A− |
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| 3,133 | 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 Huff Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Huff Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Huff Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huff Township | – | A− | D− | 25 min | $127,692 |
| Anderson Township | under 4% | B− | D− | 19 min | $90,208 |
| Troy Township | under 4% | C− | C+ | 22 min | $55,526 |
| Troy | under 4% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Hammond Township | under 4% | A− | C | 29 min | $83,565 |
| Harrison Township | under 4% | C+ | B | 26 min | $67,821 |
Same-state neighbors only. Troy: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Huff 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 Huff Township: questions
What is the median household income in Huff Township?
$127,692 (±$30,350) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Huff Township?
1.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Huff Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Huff Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (10%, 37 mi), Rockport (7%, 14 mi), Jasper (5%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Huff Township walkable?
Huff Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Huff Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Huff Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Huff 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.