Most of Jackson Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Jackson Township is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns. Jackson Township has 644 jobs, against 1,809 working residents. The two grades for Jackson 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
Jackson Township at work: what stands out
Jackson Township makes and builds things
61% of the jobs based in Jackson Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Jackson Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 34%. The jobs ↓
Jackson Township and Fort Wayne trade workers both ways
Fort Wayne is the top workplace for Jackson Township residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Jackson Township come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Jackson Township empties out on a workday
About 2,600 people are in Jackson Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than the 3,800 who live here: 1,800 head out to work and 600 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Jackson Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jackson Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Jackson Township makes things: 61% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jackson Township, 2013 → 2023: 557 → 644. 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 Jackson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
29% of working residents work in Fort Wayne
Where Jackson Township clocks in
14% 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.
Jackson Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,760 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 595 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Jackson Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Jackson Township’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jackson Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,830 commuters (the 5% 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 many miles Jackson Township commutes
About 15% 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.
In Jackson Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jackson Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #525 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,917 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). 7.4% of Jackson Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Jackson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Jackson Township is 828th among 4,153 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,100
| # | 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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| 80 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 91 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 826 | Hometown IL | 4,191 | $61K | 6.9% | 2.0% | 2% | A− |
| 827 | Oak Park Heights MN | 4,625 | $82K | 7.1% | 3.3% | 7% | A− |
| 828 | Jackson Township IN | 3,812 | $103K | 5.0% | 3.4% | 3% | A− |
| 829 | Jackson Township IN | 5,058 | $90K | 8.6% | 1.0% | 12% | A− |
| 830 | Troy Township OH | 4,169 | $78K | 7.5% | 1.3% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,153 | 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 Jackson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Jackson Township
The biggest share goes to Spencer Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jackson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Township | – | A− | D | 24 min | $103,346 |
| Union Township | under 2% | B− | B− | 18 min | $75,568 |
| Butler Township | under 2% | B | D | 22 min | $80,568 |
| Concord Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 24 min | $65,192 |
| Cedar Creek Township | under 2% | A | C | 23 min | $112,286 |
| Spencer Township | 2% | C− | D− | 24 min | $54,018 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jackson 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 Jackson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Jackson Township?
$103,346 (±$11,428) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jackson Township?
5.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jackson Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jackson Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (29%, 16 mi), Auburn (14%, 5 mi), Garrett (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jackson Township walkable?
Jackson Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jackson Township without a car?
<1% 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 Jackson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jackson 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.