Households in Jennings Township have lower incomes than those in 89% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 16.4% of residents, against 12.3% across Indiana. Jobs and income earn Jennings Township D; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 5% stay in Jennings Township for work; outside it, Harrison Township is the main destination (9%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jennings Township and work: the main findings
Jennings Township makes and builds things
55% of the jobs based in Jennings Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Jennings Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 32%. The jobs ↓
Jennings Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 564 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Jennings Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Jennings Township is better than 14% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Jennings Township’s grade up (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($48,750, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (6.6%) is left out: Jennings 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, Jennings Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Factories, building and farms: 55% of the jobs in Jennings Township
506 jobs are based in Jennings Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jennings Township, 2013 → 2023: 232 → 506. 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 Jennings Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Jennings Township: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jennings Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 491 commuters (the 15% 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.
Where in the region Jennings Township works
About 30% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Jennings Township
On a workday 536 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 478 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 (0.90 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.
Commuting out of Jennings Township: the destinations
Where Jennings Township clocks in
6% of workers
6% 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.
Most trips from Jennings Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jennings Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 581 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). 0.6% of Jennings Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jennings Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Jennings Township is 4,879th of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 9 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 112 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,877 | Frazeysburg OH | 1,356 | $51K | 16.3% | 4.6% | 3% | D |
| 4,878 | Orel Township IL | 1,338 | $49K | 11.0% | 2.3% | 7% | D |
| 4,879 | Jennings Township IN | 1,461 | $49K | 16.4% | 6.6% | 5% | D |
| 4,880 | Dayton NY | 1,637 | $69K | 18.3% | 1.4% | 3% | D |
| 4,881 | Diana NY | 1,607 | $59K | 11.5% | 2.1% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Jennings Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
14% of Jennings Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jennings Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennings Township | – | D | C− | 33 min | $48,750 |
| Harrison Township | 9% | B− | C+ | 25 min | $66,722 |
| Ohio Township | under 3% | — | — | 52 min | — |
| Whiskey Run Township | 5% | D | C | 43 min | $58,531 |
| Leavenworth | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Spencer Township | under 3% | A− | D− | 35 min | $95,793 |
| Sterling Township | under 3% | D− | C− | 35 min | $41,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Ohio Township and Leavenworth: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Harrison Township. Darker towns draw more of Jennings 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 Jennings Township: questions
What is the median household income in Jennings Township?
$48,750 (±$12,752) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jennings Township?
16.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jennings Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jennings Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrison Township (9%, 11 mi), Indianapolis (6%, 107 mi), Jasper (6%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jennings Township walkable?
Jennings Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jennings Township without a car?
0% 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 Jennings Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jennings 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.