Household incomes in Jackson Township trail those of 62% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Jackson Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Poverty touches 8.9% of residents, against 12.3% across Indiana. Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Jackson Township
Jackson Township makes and builds things
88% 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 39%. The jobs ↓
Few Jackson Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 728 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Jackson Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Jackson Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Jackson Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Jackson 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, Jackson Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
A place that makes things: 88% of Jackson Township’s jobs are in goods
604 jobs are based in Jackson Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jackson Township, 2013 → 2023: 622 → 604. 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.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Jackson Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 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 631 commuters (the 2% 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 daily commute in and out of Jackson Township
On a workday 713 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 589 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
21% of working residents work in Angola
Where Jackson Township clocks in
21% of workers
3% 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.
How many miles Jackson Township commutes
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 20% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 645 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). 1.8% of Jackson Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Jackson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Jackson Township is 2,766th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 112 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,764 | Cannon Beach OR | 1,512 | $69K | 4.5% | 3.0% | 17% | C+ |
| 2,765 | Pinedale WY | 1,997 | $59K | 11.1% | 0.0% | 33% | C+ |
| 2,766 | Jackson Township IN | 1,717 | $67K | 8.9% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,767 | Noble Township KS | 1,927 | $76K | 9.1% | 6.0% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,768 | Fenner NY | 1,610 | $78K | 11.5% | 4.4% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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.
Work in the towns next to Jackson Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jackson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Township | – | C+ | C− | 21 min | $67,250 |
| Millgrove Township | under 3% | B− | C+ | 25 min | $65,893 |
| Pleasant Township | 2% | C | B+ | 18 min | $72,880 |
| Springfield Township | 2% | B− | C+ | 25 min | $61,734 |
| Salem Township | under 3% | C+ | D− | 27 min | $81,462 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Pleasant Township. 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?
$67,250 (±$14,427) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jackson Township?
8.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jackson Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jackson Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Angola (21%, 7 mi), Fort Wayne (12%, 39 mi), Elkhart (3%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jackson Township walkable?
Jackson Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jackson Township without a car?
2% 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 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.