Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJackson Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Only 5% stay in Jackson Township for work; outside it, Kokomo is the main destination (14%, 15 miles). Employers in Jackson Township report 298 jobs, against 679 working residents. The two grades for Jackson Township are B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Jackson Township apart
The figures behind Jackson Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Jackson Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Jackson Township’s grade up ($85,750, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (7.8%) is left out: Jackson Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Jackson Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Jackson Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 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 758 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Jackson Township
On a workday 647 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 266 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Jackson Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Where people from Jackson Township work
Where Jackson Township clocks in
11% 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.
The kinds of work in Jackson Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jackson Township, 2013 → 2023: 253 → 298. 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.
The distance from Jackson Township to work
About 21% 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.
Few in Jackson Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jackson Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Jackson 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 804 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). 1.2% 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.
Jackson Township next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400: 2,107th of 6,085 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 117 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 171 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,105 | Fort Recovery OH | 1,476 | $67K | 2.7% | 1.4% | 16% | B− |
| 2,106 | Navarre OH | 1,805 | $60K | 8.5% | 5.0% | 4% | B− |
| 2,107 | Jackson Township IN | 1,777 | $86K | 8.1% | 7.8% | 5% | B− |
| 2,108 | Columbia NY | 1,584 | $91K | 7.5% | 4.8% | 1% | B− |
| 2,109 | Mekinock Township ND | 2,175 | $74K | 3.5% | 2.9% | 9% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Jackson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Jackson Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jackson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Township | – | B− | C− | 29 min | $85,750 |
| Harrison Township | under 3% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Richland Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Waltz Township | under 3% | C | C | 25 min | $85,268 |
Same-state neighbors only. Harrison Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Richland Township: not graded. 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?
$85,750 (±$16,941) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jackson Township?
8.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jackson Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jackson Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kokomo (14%, 15 mi), Marion (11%, 13 mi), Peru (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jackson Township walkable?
Jackson Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 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 1% 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.