Combination Shelter · Photo: MrHarman at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0At 5.2%, unemployment in Jamestown Township is higher than in 64% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute lasts 22 minutes, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26. The two grades for Jamestown Township are B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 5% stay in Jamestown Township for work; outside it, Angola is the main destination (26%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Jamestown Township, in a few figures
Inside Jamestown Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Jamestown Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #322 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Jamestown Township’s grade up (6.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jamestown Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
What Jamestown Township’s employers do
1,089 jobs are based in Jamestown Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jamestown Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,216 → 1,089. 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 Jamestown Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Jamestown Township
On a workday 1,411 residents head out to work, 74 work right here, and 1,015 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Jamestown Township on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.73 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 Jamestown Township goes to work
Where Jamestown Township clocks in
26% of workers
7% 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 trip to work from Jamestown Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jamestown Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,212 commuters (the 13% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Jamestown Township
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 Jamestown Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jamestown Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #430 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Jamestown 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 1,388 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). 8.2% of Jamestown Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jamestown Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Jamestown Township next to U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400: 2,216th of 4,453 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,214 | Agua Dulce CA | 2,828 | $146K | 13.7% | 9.8% | 4% | B− |
| 2,215 | Lawson MO | 2,541 | $66K | 12.7% | 2.6% | 6% | B− |
| 2,216 | Jamestown Township IN | 3,263 | $76K | 6.1% | 5.2% | 5% | B− |
| 2,217 | Venice Township MI | 2,424 | $66K | 13.8% | 2.9% | 1% | B− |
| 2,218 | Tulpehocken Township PA | 3,703 | $82K | 13.5% | 4.6% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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 Jamestown Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Jamestown Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Pleasant Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jamestown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamestown Township | – | B− | C− | 22 min | $76,295 |
| Pleasant Township | 3% | C | B+ | 18 min | $72,880 |
| Millgrove Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 25 min | $65,893 |
| Fremont Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 18 min | $67,391 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jamestown 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 Jamestown Township: questions
What is the median household income in Jamestown Township?
$76,295 (±$7,726) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jamestown Township?
6.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jamestown Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jamestown Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Angola (26%, 6 mi), Fort Wayne (15%, 45 mi), Fremont (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jamestown Township walkable?
Jamestown Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jamestown Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jamestown Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jamestown 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.