Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0Iroquois Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Iroquois Township C−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Iroquois Township has 279 jobs; 553 of its residents have a job. Only 5% stay in Iroquois Township for work; outside it, Rensselaer is the main destination (10%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The four measures behind Iroquois Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Iroquois Township is better than 17% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Iroquois Township’s grade up (10.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (13.4%) is left out: Iroquois 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, Iroquois Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
How a workday changes Iroquois Township
On a workday 524 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 250 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Iroquois Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Iroquois Township to work: where people go
Where Iroquois Township clocks in
10% 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.
Making and building: 29% of jobs based in Iroquois Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Iroquois Township, 2014 → 2024: 243 → 279. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Iroquois Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Iroquois Township spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Iroquois Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 452 commuters (the 6% 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 Iroquois Township’s workers travel
About 26% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Iroquois Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Iroquois Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Iroquois 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 479 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). 2.4% of Iroquois Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Iroquois Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,529th of 4,866: where Iroquois Township ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 85 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 93 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
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| 123 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 3,527 | Kingston WI | 1,107 | $83K | 27.8% | 1.9% | 1% | C− |
| 3,528 | Tieton WA | 1,657 | $60K | 18.0% | 3.2% | 8% | C− |
| 3,529 | Iroquois Township IN | 1,261 | $62K | 10.9% | 13.4% | 5% | C− |
| 3,530 | Perry Township OH | 1,064 | $76K | 25.6% | 2.7% | 0% | C− |
| 3,531 | Fairfax CA | 1,423 | $30K | 36.4% | 0.0% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Iroquois Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Iroquois Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Washington Township (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Iroquois Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iroquois Township | – | C− | C− | 28 min | $61,630 |
| Grant Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 22 min | $59,946 |
| Washington Township | 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Washington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Iroquois 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 2024, 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 Iroquois Township: questions
What is the median household income in Iroquois Township?
$61,630 (±$8,905) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Iroquois Township?
10.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Iroquois Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Iroquois Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rensselaer (10%, 11 mi), Lafayette (9%, 41 mi), Kentland (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Iroquois Township walkable?
Iroquois Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Iroquois Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Iroquois Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Iroquois Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.